<![CDATA[Stories by Tomas Pueyo on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo?source=rss-a361390dbcf1------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*SlSL0behknIASOhFR3Q-Lg.png Stories by Tomas Pueyo on Medium https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo?source=rss-a361390dbcf1------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:21:42 GMT <![CDATA[What China Wants and Why]]>

Why is China increasing its assertiveness towards Taiwan? Why the Belt and Road initiative? Why the oppression of Uighurs? Why the…

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Why the country is rich only in oil, yet destitute and authoritarian today

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Where are today’s Michelangelos? Goyas? Shakespeares? Cervantes? Goethes? Montaignes? Pushkins? Dostoevskys? Balzacs? Mozarts? Where are…

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In the 600s AD, Mecca was a village of a few hundred people, off the beaten path, a backwater uninteresting to distant empires. Then along…

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The United States of Latin America

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The most underrated factor

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The US Is Overpowered

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Israel attacked Iran this month because it believed Iran was close to getting a nuclear weapon, and that threatened Israel’s existence.

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Will there be an invasion of Iran?  What are Iran’s priorities? Will the regime fall? If so, how?  What will other superpowers do?  What…

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Why We Dress the Way We Dress

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