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Saif Group
Nice history of how Pakistan’s Saif Group has exploited that country’s instability over the last fifty years to generate massive returns. They’re currently looking for a way to drill for hydrocarbons in Taliban territory. (Answer is simple: buy them off.) … Continue reading
Pakistan Oil Disruption
AP Burqa-clad assailants armed with Kalashnikov rifles and hand grenades attempted to attack an oil terminal in southern Pakistan but were thwarted by a security guard who was gunned down as the suspects escaped, officials said Tuesday. The three attackers, dressed … Continue reading
The Global Ghost Fleet
Fantastic read about where the shipping industry stands, and where it’s parking its excess capacity. Rough time to be a shipping broker/insurer. Industry tanking while excess capacity continues growing at the rate of when your business was at its peak. … Continue reading
Zephyr Teachout on Virtual College
In the Washington Post. Can’t give it full treatment now. Makes some points but requires some pushback. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Crashing Electricity Grids
Use of OSINT: Wang and colleagues at Dalian University of Technology in the Chinese province of Liaoning modelled the US’s west-coast grid using publicly available data on how it, and its subnetworks, are connected (Safety Science, DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.02.002). Their aim … Continue reading