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My personal Substack provides our family history as well as comments on the various cultures that have influenced my life.

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A conversation about technology, ideas, people and their convergence in contemporary war and competition. Also covering issues related to the war in Ukraine, Chinese aggression against Taiwan and Indo-Pacific defence.

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Trenchant, mordant, poignant, piquant, resonant, insouciant, fulgurant (but not petulant) commentaries about life, politics and culture.

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