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            <title><![CDATA[A Militia in Pickup Trucks Just Put a Tax on Every Tank of Gas You Buy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/a-militia-in-pickup-trucks-just-put-a-tax-on-every-tank-of-gas-you-buy-3c144585c92f?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1000/0*wlXLl9hWz4btnZ8J.jpg" width="1000"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Saudi Arabia called Donald Trump twice in one day to stop them. Trump said no, a city fell overnight, and the Red Sea turned into a dead&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/a-militia-in-pickup-trucks-just-put-a-tax-on-every-tank-of-gas-you-buy-3c144585c92f?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2">Continue reading on The Geopolitical Economist »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 19:23:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NAZA: Israel is losing the only war that really matters]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/naza-israel-is-losing-the-only-war-that-really-matters-bac0016ffedb?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/780/1*YnnNicFNMKtZiSOekXk3zg.jpeg" width="780"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">You can win every battle on the ground, but there is a weapon that destroys you without making a sound.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/naza-israel-is-losing-the-only-war-that-really-matters-bac0016ffedb?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2">Continue reading on The Geopolitical Economist »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:11:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bibi Netanyahu Says It Wasn’t a Hijacking, but the Internet Had Already Decided Otherwise.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/bibi-netanyahu-says-it-wasnt-a-hijacking-but-the-internet-had-already-decided-otherwise-bd1d8a86eeac?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/960/1*6PxPgWKX59biqPXmcK9nqA.jpeg" width="960"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">174 people survived flight FZ1073. What followed them off the plane should scare Europe more than the attack itself.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/bibi-netanyahu-says-it-wasnt-a-hijacking-but-the-internet-had-already-decided-otherwise-bd1d8a86eeac?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2">Continue reading on The Geopolitical Economist »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:33:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Brutal Math That Proves the West Is Defenseless]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/the-brutal-math-that-proves-the-west-is-defenseless-0645497b9cf0?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1577/1*_j9ts3VYA4SbYmQ9ivbl0g.jpeg" width="1577"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">A month of American 155 mm shell production amounts to roughly 3 days of Russian artillery fire.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/the-brutal-math-that-proves-the-west-is-defenseless-0645497b9cf0?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2">Continue reading on The Geopolitical Economist »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Simone Coppola ]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:18:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump in China: The Summit That Was Supposed to Isolate Beijing Proves the Opposite]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/trump-in-china-the-summit-that-was-supposed-to-isolate-beijing-proves-the-opposite-ca4d21dc1632?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1672/1*NnTPR-AoaV7TkBgf_-9yTQ.png" width="1672"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Three arrivals in Beijing in two weeks: Araghchi, Trump, Putin</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/trump-in-china-the-summit-that-was-supposed-to-isolate-beijing-proves-the-opposite-ca4d21dc1632?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2">Continue reading on The Geopolitical Economist »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 18:26:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[You Read That Putin Wants to Negotiate: That’s Not What He Said.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/you-read-that-putin-wants-to-negotiate-thats-not-what-he-said-07e3da453b93?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1672/1*_ox6uwxoTlRWZRE1ES8HoQ.png" width="1672"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/you-read-that-putin-wants-to-negotiate-thats-not-what-he-said-07e3da453b93?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2">Continue reading on The Geopolitical Economist »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The most cynical thing Israel did this spring was also the most lucid]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/the-most-cynical-thing-israel-did-this-spring-was-also-the-most-lucid-49f3fff2d239?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1672/1*L73fDUjI_C8Cj5b3pkRZ4A.png" width="1672"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Tel Aviv folded over a cargo of grain after standing firm against a &#x2018;genocide.&#x2019; The reason is brutal.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/the-most-cynical-thing-israel-did-this-spring-was-also-the-most-lucid-49f3fff2d239?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2">Continue reading on The Geopolitical Economist »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:07:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Will Gas Hit $12 a Gallon? Watch What Ukrainian Drones are Doing Inside Russia:]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/will-gas-hit-12-a-gallon-watch-what-ukrainian-drones-are-doing-inside-russia-f1a6be7f41ef?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1672/1*WyayOklof5YBbeuE_uZwPg.png" width="1672"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Western sanctions and Ukrainian drones are aiming at the same target &#x2026;And we are paying the bill.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/will-gas-hit-12-a-gallon-watch-what-ukrainian-drones-are-doing-inside-russia-f1a6be7f41ef?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2">Continue reading on The Geopolitical Economist »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 14:53:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[We Killed Khamenei. Not the Regime.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/we-killed-khamenei-not-the-regime-f674dc9bb49e?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1672/1*HaYqOTBpqFr0jM4LEnM5RQ.png" width="1672"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The Supreme Leader is dead. But the Iran that remains is more military, more opaque, and perhaps more dangerous.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/we-killed-khamenei-not-the-regime-f674dc9bb49e?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2">Continue reading on The Geopolitical Economist »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 01:05:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Do You Become an Assassin With a Master’s Degree From Caltech.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/how-do-you-become-an-assassin-with-a-masters-degree-from-caltech-d598cb24737c?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1280/1*oD28Xj6aMTe5rPWJCL9B9g.png" width="1280"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Trump survives three assassination attempts in two years: imperial dynamics and the enemy within.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-geopolitical-economist/how-do-you-become-an-assassin-with-a-masters-degree-from-caltech-d598cb24737c?source=rss-2ee731d54d12------2">Continue reading on The Geopolitical Economist »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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