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2026 14

  1. We asked eleven AI models to chair the drafting of a multilateral statement. Only three did it reliably.
  2. 60 years of Malta at the UN General Assembly
  3. The Houthi's weapons programme and AI
  4. Can an AI agent serve at a Foreign Office?
  5. The Beginner's Guide to AI Governance
  6. My thoughts on the foreign policy AI evaluation gap
  7. Grok used in Iran strikes
  8. Gudja must not become the airport’s overflow
  9. Life in Norway during the Second World War
  10. On Regulating the Unknown: The 1865 Locomotives Act and AI
  11. A note from 'A Village in the Third Reich'
  12. Expanding your company in the EU is about to become easier
  13. Malta and food security
  14. Running Venezuela: The Return of the American Protectorate?

2025 18

  1. Interesting things I found this year
  2. New French platform combines carpooling with cross-border price arbitrage in the EU
  3. North Korea's Tourism Push Comes at a Cost to Local Residents
  4. Assessing the effects of anti-mafia police actions on lending
  5. Investing in Peace
  6. The great Malaysian cooking oil arbitrage
  7. The Hanseatic League
  8. What happened after Prigozhin's mutiny in June 2023?
  9. Comparison of Indian and Pakistani nuclear forces
  10. You can learn a language by watching television
  11. Voting in South Korea is split West-East
  12. Demographics of the New Bundestag
  13. Italy's Superbonus: Good Intentions Meet Poor Fiscal Planning
  14. Religious and ethnic groups in Syria
  15. 5% in EU Innovation Funding Yields a 4,300% ROI
  16. An alternative timeline?
  17. 4 years in German politics
  18. Will DPRK casualties in Ukraine lead to change in North Korea?

2024 30

  1. Good things happening in Malta
  2. Experts vs Prediction Markets on Assad's fall in Syria
  3. How to give feedback to your superior
  4. How apps are designed for habit formation
  5. When was this photo taken?
  6. What methods did the Maltese use to obtain potable water?
  7. Vote share vs seat share in the UK's general election
  8. Generate your own junta name
  9. The politics of flag emojis
  10. Surprising alignment of MEPs in the European Parliament
  11. Lack of resources hinder African diplomacy in Washington
  12. How Sunday Scaries market their songs on YouTube
  13. How did the Medici make their money?
  14. Creating food from thin air
  15. Venezuela increases tensions in Essequibo
  16. The Swiss approach to designing railway infrastructure
  17. Turkey's local elections
  18. International shipping meets geopolitics
  19. Albania accelerating its EU accession by 5 years thanks to AI
  20. The Hardest Flag Quiz
  21. Public Housing is Good Development Policy
  22. What percentage of territory is controlled by governments?
  23. Tech Accord to Combat Deceptive Use of AI in 2024 Elections
  24. Emerging state-affiliated threats in the age of AI
  25. Should facial recognition be treated like nuclear weapons?
  26. States that explored nuclear weapons
  27. Guyana has the world's highest oil reserves per capita
  28. How much can a ship carry?
  29. Lee Kuan Yew on Malta
  30. In Russia, power is a big beast. In Switzerland power is a kitten

2023 9

  1. Top posts of 2023
  2. The world is run by those who show up
  3. The football match that started a war
  4. How the IAEA uses nuclear technology to control insect pests
  5. The outsized role of commodity traders in geopolitics
  6. AI adoption can save up to $360 billion in healthcare costs
  7. Why state-building is important: the case of Haiti
  8. Why is everything so hard in a large organisation?
  9. You have 4000 weeks

2022 12

  1. ChatGPT: the new, better Google?
  2. Estonia saved its citizens 820 years by moving public services online
  3. How to build an automated ecommerce store with Gumroad and Printful
  4. I created a map of protests taking place in Iran
  5. Corsica's 253 year struggle for self-rule
  6. How Zalando uses AI to make your shopping experience better
  7. Interesting borders around the world
  8. Montbell: the outdoors company where 'function is beauty'
  9. Snap's increasing focus on utility AR
  10. The 2022 General Election - Malta
  11. An African Superstate: the East African Federation
  12. Fuggerei: the world's first public housing

2021 11

  1. The towns built by Mussolini and their political legacy
  2. What you have to go through to travel to Malta during COVID-19
  3. A Hacker News-inspired aggregator built with Softr.io
  4. Tim Ferriss and the Art of Online Conversations
  5. Micro-level History
  6. Challenges to creating a Network State
  7. Maltese Political Parties' Share of Parliamentary Seats
  8. The Barack Obama technique for making tough decisions
  9. How to start your own country in four steps
  10. First count votes in Parliamentary Elections in Malta
  11. How does a casual election work?

2020 18

  1. Do the hard things.
  2. IKEA and the future of living
  3. Analysing famous speeches using Metaranx - an AI no code platform
  4. Building a No code app for a friend's side hustle
  5. Do political stickers work?
  6. Monopoly: the board game
  7. A branding overhaul for Austria's ÖVP
  8. Facebook of the 1940s
  9. How did Keir Starmer win?
  10. Towards a new country in Europe?
  11. Burundi's 2020 election
  12. UK Labour Leadership election: the online campaign - Part 2
  13. Political campaigning in the time of Corona
  14. Deepfakes in an Indian election campaign
  15. UK Labour Leadership election: the online campaign
  16. Irish political dynasties
  17. Ireland goes to vote today
  18. Kiwis to vote in September 2020