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The limits of power

The limits of power

There is a persistent illusion in Western policy circles that regimes fall when they lose legitimacy. History suggests otherwise. Regimes fall when they lose the ability to enforce power and, just as critically, the means to finance that power. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Islamic Republic of Iran. For decades, Iran has demonstrated that ...
Here come the Teslas

Here come the Teslas

I can’t prove this, but I can tell you that while walking through the upper-middle-class North Shore of Sydney on the weekend, I was passed by an unusual number of stealthy Teslas. They are native to the area. There’s always a handful of them taken out for their weekend virtue signal. They are the second or third car of people who decorate their roofs ...

The limits of power

The limits of power
There is a persistent illusion in Western policy circles that regimes fall when they lose legitimacy. History suggests otherwise. Regimes fall when they lose the ability to enforce power and, just as critically, the means to finance that power. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Islamic Republic of Iran. For decades, Iran has demonstrated that ...

Here come the Teslas

Here come the Teslas
I can’t prove this, but I can tell you that while walking through the upper-middle-class North Shore of Sydney on the weekend, I was passed by an unusual number of stealthy Teslas. They are native to the area. There’s always a handful of them taken out for their weekend virtue signal. They are the second or third car of people who decorate their roofs ...