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  • IT’S POLITICS: Leaders Who Shape Global Conflict: Trump and Xi

    IT’S POLITICS: Leaders Who Shape Global Conflict: Trump and Xi

    Martyn Rhisiart Jones, Madrid 12th March 2026

    We asked some of our clients, bespoke AI and our Strategy Team: Who is the political leader most likely to cause World War III, and who is the political leader most capable of stopping World War III?

    And this was the response:

    Viewed through the prism of strategic history and contemporary financial diplomacy, the question of which leader might inadvertently ignite, or instead forestall, a wider conflagration is less a matter of personality than of structural power, institutional constraints, and geopolitical incentives. Yet, as historians from Thucydides to modern analysts have repeatedly noted, individual leaders can still accelerate or dampen systemic pressures. With that caveat, recent expert commentary, polling data and geopolitical assessments as of March 2026 suggest two figures loom particularly large in opposite directions: Donald Trump, the incumbent president of the United States, and Xi Jinping, China’s paramount leader.

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  • Top Countries Known for Arrogance and Ignorance – Unplugged 2026/03/06

    Top Countries Known for Arrogance and Ignorance – Unplugged 2026/03/06

    Selina Alba and Editorial Team

    Sevilla, 21st November 2026 – Friday, 6th March 2026

    What countries in the world have a reputation for arrogance and ignorance?

    Right, listen up, you lot. No country has a monopoly on being a complete arsehole or a walking brain donor, but let’s be honest, some nations keep winning the gold in the Arrogance Olympics and the Ignorance Paralympics like it’s their national sport. And they don’t even have to train for it – it’s just baked in, like the French with their bread or the Americans with their portion sizes.

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  • We Are All God’s Children – 2026/01/12

    We Are All God’s Children – 2026/01/12

    The Toll of Innocence: Child Fatalities in the Shadow of Conflict – A Tribute to my marvellous Welsh Grans

    Sir Afilonius Rex and Good Strat Contributors

    Madrid, Sunday 11 January 2026

    NB Our service provider OpenAI could not process our prompt due to a moderation system. We have been asked to rephrase it, changing potentially problematic words, and try again. This is censorship at its crudest. They can of course go **** themselves.

    My Gran had a stock response to expressions of racism, prejudice, and xenophobia in her presence. It was invariably, “We are all God’s children.” She loved all children, everywhere.

    Let’s switch focus.

    The Israel-Palestinian strife is unrelenting. It has now dragged into its third sinful, evil and merciless year. The true measure of this catastrophe is not land seized. It is not the strategies pursued. It is the stolen futures of innocent children. These are not mere statistics; they are lives extinguished, dreams crushed, families shattered forever. We face the human abyss of global crises. The cold data from UN agencies demands our moral outrage. It calls for urgent action.

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  • Navigating Change: Europe’s Technological Evolution – 2026

    Navigating Change: Europe’s Technological Evolution – 2026

    Sir Afilonius Rex

    Bilbao, Spain. 13th December 2025

    Oh, Europe, pronounced terminal yet again. This time, a Radically Human Ventures sage delivers the verdict. He is part probability theorist and part story-driven paterfamilias. He assigns the continent a 5% chance of civilisational survival. Meanwhile, he composes a moist-eyed farewell to the “Old Continent.” It’s an elegy made from familiar spare parts. It includes a dash of Peter Zeihan’s geopolitical fatalism and a sprinkle of Silicon Valley panel wisdom. There’s a belief that the future will be dominated by two AI giants. In this scenario, Europe is merely a polite museum gift shop.

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  • CONSIDER THIS: Top Countries Known for Arrogance and Ignorance

    CONSIDER THIS: Top Countries Known for Arrogance and Ignorance

    Selina Alba and the Editorial Team

    Sevilla, 21st November 2025

    No country exclusively holds arrogance or ignorance. However, certain nations consistently top international surveys. They often appear in global stereotypes. People frequently use these stereotypes, often unfairly. This happens when asked, “Which nationality comes across as arrogant and/or clueless about the rest of the world?” The usual suspects, based on recurring data from sources like Pew Global Attitudes, YouGov international polls, Statista, Reddit’s r/AskReddit mega-threads, and expat forums, are most frequently named for arrogance

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  • The American Basket Case

    The American Basket Case

    Martyn Jones, A Coruña, Span, 26th January 2025.         

    Let’s be clear, precise and honest about the world and where we all stand in it, starting with the reminder that the USA has become the world’s number one political basket case. But let’s be straight about this phenomenon. It didn’t just happen when Trump was made President. “Made?” you may ask? Yes, ‘made’, just like the management of the mob, Trump was ‘made’ President.

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