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Brian Iselin (林百安) 🇦🇺/🇸🇪 (FEIPIO)
@brianiselin.bsky.social
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President, European Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers, Europe-Taiwan Institute, geopolitical analysis, automotive/EVs, compulsive writer, widget builder.
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Brian Iselin (林百安) 🇦🇺/🇸🇪 (FEIPIO) @brianiselin.bsky.social · Jan 6
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Frozen wages, impossible student debt, outrageous real estate prices driven up by rich corporate demand....all of these things are how the generational wealth ladder has been kicked away. Read more, for free with this gift link:

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The Generational Wealth Ladder Didn’t Disappear. It Was Kicked Away.
From frozen wages to impossible home prices, the maths of engineered downward mobility.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Europe may be heading for a crisis nobody seems to get. It's called Universe 25. Read it for free with this gift link).

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Comfort, Childlessness, Collapse: Is Europe Slow Walking Into Universe 25?
From record loneliness to record low births, the mouse “utopia” is starting to read like our demographic diary
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November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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What is Ferrari's EV game; the one they failed to bring?
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The EV Market Is on Fire. So Why Is Ferrari Backing Away?
Global EV sales are surging while exclusive Ferrari and Porsche cool their EV plans, and Toyota stays balanced. Here’s what that Ferrari EV…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Ever heard of UN Resolution 2758? Read (with this free gift link) about how it has just changed the entire East Asian dynamic - China, Taiwan, Japan, and more.
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Japan Has Joined a Revolt Against China’s Taiwan Narrative
China said Resolution 2758 was supposed to lock Taiwan out forever. Then parliaments stirred — and Japan joined in.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Major news, underreported: a majority of Japanese now want to "bring it" against China if the latter attacks Taiwan. This is a huge development for East Asia. Read about it for free with this gift link:

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Japan’s Taiwan Turn: When “Pacifist” Voters Start Talking About War
Japan just told us something we never expected to hear: if China attacks Taiwan, almost half the country is ready to see Japan fight.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Says what we are all thinking
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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ICYMI, Japan has turned the corner on pacificism. For the first time since WW2, they readying for war. Read about with whom, for free:
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Japan’s Taiwan Turn: When “Pacifist” Voters Start Talking About War
Japan just told us something we never expected to hear: if China attacks Taiwan, almost half the country is ready to see Japan fight.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Europe, what are we doing? A cliff edge ahead.
Read for free with gift link:

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Comfort, Childlessness, Collapse: Is Europe Slow Walking Into Universe 25?
From record loneliness to record low births, the mouse “utopia” is starting to read like our demographic diary
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November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Your boss really doesn't want you to realise what is going on: civicledger.brianiselin.com/this-is-the-...
This is The Graph Your CEO Never Wants You to See
Four decades of soaring corporate margins and flat wages on one uncomfortable line
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November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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EV battery tech is advancing in leaps and bounds; faster than AI. Here's the latest: torqueandtheory.brianiselin.com/newest-batte...
Newest battery tech showdown will make your EV charge faster and run cooler
New power electronics in the inverter and charger make your range steadier and stops shorter
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November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Only 1 in 14 car lane assist systems actually work. Ever rely on it? Well, lane assist doesn't have your back.

Read for free about this secret that car brands don't want you to hear.

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Think your lane assist has your back? It really doesn’t
New AAA 2025 and IIHS data point to weak tuning and weak monitoring across big brands — only 1 in 14 systems work
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November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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China is spying on our campuses and coercing Western academics. The new face of educational espionage is a Chinese one.
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Transnational Repression on Campus: The West’s Research-Security Blind Spot
This is not a culture skirmish. It is a hostile-state influence campaign exploiting our universities’ soft seams. Treat it as national…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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We must buy Ukraine 1000s of these incredible Swedish artillery pieces. Immediately.
Help Ukraine thump Russia.
Read for free:
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This Incredible Swedish 155mm Truck Gun Is What Ukraine Actually Needs
Fully automated loading, MRSI on tap, and a fire+vanish crew that never steps outside — the clever Archer system is artillery built for the…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Russia's biggest oil customer has cut back. Putin's war chest just took a hit. But how much?
Read for free:

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China’s Oil Retreat Is Squeezing Moscow’s War Chest
Sanctions only bite when the barrels do. Beijing’s state buyers blinked; discounts widened; the Kremlin now pays more to earn less. Hold…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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I ran the nunbers for you. The Rich ARE Boiling the Planet. And gaslighting us. Read for free:
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The Rich Are Boiling the Planet. I Ran the Numbers
The climate crisis is sold as a shared problem. Carbon inequality shows that is a lie
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November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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This is what we have to do with Russian businesses in Europe. Time to stop tiptoeing.
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Nationalise Russia’s Business Assets in Europe — Now
It’s payback time. Wartime Europe doesn’t owe the Kremlin deference. It owes its citizens security and its ally Ukraine decisive help. Put…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Read (free!) about China's reduction in oil purchases from Russia. China is Russia's biggest client.
Will it be decisive?
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China’s Oil Retreat Is Squeezing Moscow’s War Chest
Sanctions only bite when the barrels do. Beijing’s state buyers blinked; discounts widened; the Kremlin now pays more to earn less. Hold…
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November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Read “AI at War: Can We Keep Up with Adversarial Attacks?“ by Brian Iselin on Medium: strategicedge.brianiselin.com/ai-war-can-w...
AI War: Can We Keep Up with Adversarial Attacks?
We built clever models and forgot the war. Adversaries didn’t. It’s time to give AI a doctrine that assumes contact with the enemy — and…
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November 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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China spying and coercion on Western campuses is out of control. Read about how this works, for free; civicledger.brianiselin.com/transnationa...
Transnational Repression on Campus: The West’s Research-Security Blind Spot
This is not a culture skirmish. It is a hostile-state influence campaign exploiting our universities’ soft seams. Treat it as national…
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November 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Ukraine must be bought 1000s of these guns. Read for free about the incredible smart Swedish artillery:
strategicedge.brianiselin.com/this-incredi...
This Incredible Swedish 155mm Truck Gun Is What Ukraine Actually Needs
Fully automated loading, MRSI on tap, and a fire+vanish crew that never steps outside — the clever Archer system is artillery built for the…
strategicedge.brianiselin.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Shockingly, only 1 in 14 lane assist systems actually has your back. Read how that works: torqueandtheory.brianiselin.com/think-your-l...
Think your lane assist has your back? It really doesn’t
New AAA 2025 and IIHS data point to weak tuning and weak monitoring across big brands — only 1 in 14 systems work
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November 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Putin has NATO’s measure. Poke, prod, lay bare the indecision and fractures. Here is what we need to do next: biselin67.substack.com/p/putins-boi...
Putin’s Boiling NATO’s Frog: How Deviant Warfare Is Numbing NATO Into Strategic Extinction
How Russia turns small scares into a big strategic win and why Europe keeps adjusting to the heat
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November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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(Gift Link) This amazing artillery piece from Sweden is the ultimate shoot'n scoot kit; exactly what Ukraine needs - and in the thousands.
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This Incredible Swedish 155mm Truck Gun Is What Ukraine Actually Needs
Fully automated loading, MRSI on tap, and a fire+vanish crew that never steps outside — the clever Archer system is artillery built for the…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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This is what the EU must do with the US trade relationship: biselin67.substack.com/p/euus-trade...
EU–US Trade Deal: Keep the Tariffs, Save the Climate Rules
Why Brussels should lock in a tariff truce and refuse any bargain that weakens CBAM
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November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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There is absolutely no way Musk should be allowed to continue his robotaxi farce after the failures not only in his Austin pilot, but the scores of deaths related to his brand.
Check the numbers here and see if you can understand why he is allowed to continue: medium.com/torque-theor...
Tesla Should Be Forced To Put Their Robotaxi Clown-Show On Ice
After Austin’s dismal robotaxi launch, FSD body-count lawsuits mounting, and ongoing regulator probes for scams, frauds and false…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM