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Tag: geopolitics

Currency: Three Jobs, One Word

June 17, 2026June 15, 2026 ~ cafebedouin

A currency does three separate things. In 2026 they started moving in opposite directions at once — and the job everyone watches is the one that matters least. In the first quarter of 2026, three measurements of the dollar's standing pointed three different ways in the same window. Its share of the world's official foreign-exchange … Continue reading Currency: Three Jobs, One Word

Strategic Ambiguity: Marked to Market

June 15, 2026June 13, 2026 ~ cafebedouin

2026 is a margin call on strategic ambiguity — and the underwriter is liquidating its own book Start with the bases, because they explain everything that follows without anyone having to assert a theory. After 2001, the United States ringed Iran with military infrastructure: Al Udeid in Qatar, Al Dhafra in the Emirates, the Fifth … Continue reading Strategic Ambiguity: Marked to Market

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