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Jul 20

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…

What China Wants and Why

Tomas Pueyo

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Jun 22

Venezuela’s Excrement

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

Venezuela’s Excrement

Tomas Pueyo

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Jun 15

Where Geniuses Hide Today

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

Where Geniuses Hide Today

Tomas Pueyo

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Jun 8

How Did Islam Spread So Fast?

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…

How Did Islam Spread So Fast?

Tomas Pueyo

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Oct 28, 2025

Argentina Could Be a Superpower

The United States of Latin America

Argentina Could Be a Superpower

Tomas Pueyo

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Sep 29, 2025

Why Warm Countries Are Poorer

The most underrated factor

Why Warm Countries Are Poorer

Tomas Pueyo

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Sep 8, 2025

Never Bet Against America

The US Is Overpowered

Never Bet Against America

Tomas Pueyo

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Jun 25, 2025

Why Did Israel Strike Iran Now?

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

Why Did Israel Strike Iran Now?

Tomas Pueyo

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Jun 23, 2025

Two Maps to Understand Iran

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…

Two Maps to Understand Iran

Tomas Pueyo

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May 12, 2025

The Four Layers of Fashion

Why We Dress the Way We Dress

The Four Layers of Fashion

Tomas Pueyo

Tomas Pueyo

2 MSc in Engineering. Stanford MBA. Ex-Consultant. Creator of applications with >20M users. Currently leading a billion-dollar business @ Course Hero

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