Prehistoric googling in the wild, 1970s edition.

Why did Macron announce today that he will, three months from now, recognize "the State of Palestine"? In order to distract the French media from the civil suit he filed yesterday, with Brigitte, against Candace Owens in the United States.

Wow.

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Enlightenment thinkers did not invent the Dark Ages. The idea was first elaborated by Petrarch (14th cent.). The term came into currency in 16th cent. It originally signified the fact that, at the time, little was known of the era due to only fragmentary sources then available.

It is a fair point that Enlightenment thinkers amplified the notion of the "Dark Ages" as a foil to their own self-conception, but this rejoinder is overstated and reductive in tone and substance. Saying that Enlightenment thinkers were “clearly out to try to delegitimize

The new U.S. tariff on Kazakhstan is less about trade and more about strategy. Astana now faces the challenge of responding to shifting global signals while protecting its diplomatic balance. Read our latest from Robert M. Cutler.

Current mood.

Ex-intel officer: Hamas won't release all hostages even at the end of the war. via Maariv Online

What does a 25% U.S. tariff on Kazakhstani imports actually mean?

Even if you remember path-dependence, you need to remember that unforeseeables include the evolution of landscape as you travel through it. Potentials appear as if from nowhere, sometimes only as knock-ons from other previously unseen potentials. #ObiterScripta #IRsystrans

📸 Roger-Viollet. Marché de Provence, rue de Sévignè 1959. Paris

Turkmenistan reenters gas diplomacy with quiet strategy, using swaps and small deals to diversify beyond China. Its neutrality is evolving into flexible engagement as the Caspian system continues to shift. Read more in our latest from Robert M. Cutler.

#Russia 🇷🇺 is blackmailing #Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 with security checks on tankers loading oil from Black Sea via CPC pipeline which is currently a main route for Kazakhstan to export its energy (but via Russia 🇷🇺)👇 Today it’s blackmail against Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 oil, but tomorrow it might

#IRsystrans #India #IndoPacific

Kazakhstan and Turkey are deepening ties beyond trade, forging a long-term Eurasian partnership built on infrastructure, logistics, and shared strategy as both position themselves as co-architects of a multipolar regional order. Read our latest from Robert M. Cutler.

Les bouquinistes à Paris, 1972.