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Jul 20, 2023Liked by Christopher Maffei

Wow, you are truly a Renaissance man, Mr. Maffei. I must admit that I was drawn in by the Vogue-like descriptions in the first paragraphs (you took me there with your words) and then it got even juicer in a geopolitical way. Bravo.

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Jul 21, 2023Liked by Christopher Maffei

Well said. The Australian former PM Paul Keating (from back in the early 1990s when Australia had a slightly independent foreign policy) described Jens Stoltenberg as "an accident on its way to happening". Very apt, Australia needs to stay well away from NATO as Mr Keating has suggested.

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