Keep pulling the thread on Martin Wolf.
The United States has become a bewildering and unpredictable superpower, making it difficult for other countries to engage with.
Approximately one-fifth of the world's oil supply is at risk due to the conflict in the Persian Gulf.
European leaders no longer believe any promises made by the Trump administration.
Europe is highly vulnerable to a hypothetical decision by the U.S. to restrict its access to the American technology stack, including cloud computing.
A concept of democracy is emerging within the political movement of Donald Trump and leaders like Viktor Orban, which holds that any action taken by an elected leader is inherently democratic.
Martin Wolf believes that Artificial Intelligence will prove to be completely unregulatable due to competitive pressures.
The use of AI by institutions will lead to a profound lack of accountability, as decisions will not be traceable to a specific human agent.
China's geopolitical behavior is considered predictable by other nations, even if the country is not widely liked.
The S&P 500 closing at a record high suggests that financial markets are not pricing in the "nightmare scenario" of the ongoing Iran situation.
In the long term, a significant portion of oil currently shipped through the Strait of Hormuz could be rerouted through newly constructed pipelines.
The United States is likely to be the least economically damaged major country from a disruption in Gulf oil supplies, while Europe and China are expected to be the primary losers.
According to data from economic historian Angus Madison, the global economy has only experienced a contraction in two years since 1950: 2009 and 2020.