I continue to be gobsmacked that in 2025, Australia's *entire* geospatial infrastructure (not to mention administrative infrastructure) is utterly dependent on a handful of giant corporations over which we can exert exactly no control.

We are one or two business decisions, one political decision, away from it all falling apart.

Yet, all work in the geospatial strategy domain is essentially shilling for those corporations. Ratcheting the risk higher and higher.

#geostrategy #auspol #gischat

Geo-Strategy: The Iran Trap by Jiang Xueqin | Predictive History

The lectures of Predictive History by Jiang Xueqin on The Iran Trap (a year ago) and The Prussian Empire (Anglo-American Civilization versus Germanic Civilization) are incredibly important for any enthusiastic researcher or student of United States History, Religious Studies, Global Affairs, even for those with historical and geopolitical focus on Esotericism, that cannot be ignored at the present time. The lectures are also related to my own studies and ideas about the future of my own country here in the U.S., because of taking into perspective this history. The lecture on The Prussian Empire will be provided separately, which I highly recommend viewing and taking notes on.

INTRODUCTION

Prof. Jiang Xueqin explains that an American invasion of Iran would be a catastrophic mistake. There are three major interest forces pushing the U.S. towards war with Iran, being firstly, the Israel Lobby, representing Jewish interests under AIPAC as the second most powerful lobbying organization in the U.S. Also within the Israel Lobby are Christian Zionists. These interests want war in the Middle East to advance Israel’s interest, as Sen. Ted Cruz demonstrated in a recent interview with Tucker Carlson.

The second and third interest forces are Wall Street (the interests of the U.S. Empire) and Saudi Arabia (with its connections to Jared Kushner).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y_hbz6loEo&pp=ygUdR2VvLVN0cmF0ZWd5ICM4IFRoZSBJcmFuIFRyYXA%3D

https://twitter.com/FlyingBeagle_/status/1935689525021356033?t=xQ0XmdXBCMxurNc2V0W_UQ&s=19

#GeoStrategy #Geopolitics #Iran #IsraelIranConflict #JiangXueqin #PredictiveHistory #TedCruz #TheIranTrapLecture #ThePrussianEmpire #TuckerCarlson #Zionism

TIL... 🙄. nationalmap.gov.au is/was an open source TerriaJS instance delivering all kinds of data via open standards in a single space.

The digital atlas of Australia is based on proprietary ESRI services. Colour me disappointed, not surprised

The strategic question being: why develop a new digital atlas if the old one was not used? 🤔

Personally I would have chosen to keep developing an open platform, especially in current geopolitical light.

#geostrategy #openplatforms #foss4g #australia

OnlineFirst - "Introduction: Explanation, critique and critics of geoeconomics" by Felix Mallin, James D Sidaway, Han Cheng, and Chih Yuan Woon:

#geostrategy #hegemony #deglobalisation #geopolitics #China

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308518X241280007

A must-read on #geostrategy and arms control.

"Fears about #US reliability in the event of a second #Trump administration are exacerbating this situation, both in #Europe and Asia."

#Nuclear #Deterrence #EU

https://ip-quarterly.com/en/germany-third-nuclear-age

OnlineFirst - "Five theses on geoeconomics" by Felix Mallin and James D Sidaway:

#geostrategy #economicwarfare #internationalpoliticaleconomy #geopolitics #imperialism

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308518X241265598