Sam
@Discoplomacy
Head of Policy Engagement at an AI geopol group. Geopolitical tectonics + AI. Prev: wrote notes on geopol read 1m+ times in 140 countries. Ian Dunross disciple.
🌎🌍🌏 If you work in AI/geopolitics/macro economics, I've created an account which tracks world leaders' AI comments and similar rhetoric from senior ministers. I find it v useful in my work, and I wanted to make it free for others. x.com/LeadersOnAI




According to previously unseen highly SECRET files release today (22 Jul), in 1989, the UK Government began planning in the utmost secrecy for the mass evacuation of millions of people from Hong Kong ahead of handover to China. This was called 'The Armageddon Scenario'
An exciting moment for UK India relations and more jobs, a boost to the economy for us both.
Landed in London. This visit will go a long way in advancing the economic partnership between our nations. The focus will be on furthering prosperity, growth and boosting job creation for our people. A strong India-UK friendship is essential for global progress.
Our Aeneas AI model gives historians valuable new insights into ancient inscriptions & ancient history that may have taken years to uncover otherwise. Published in @Nature today: deepmind.google/discover/blog/…
This is where I think the UK’s AISI can add real value.
First, a securitized setting, where both powers lock down. Here, you need a strategic in. Become indispensable to a superpower's supply chains or alliance architecture - akin to Five Eyes or nuclear proliferation post WW2, as was argued last year @HooverInst (8/11)
I reckon this is genuinely the only thing that could sink the Trump Administration.

This is a sign of basic ineptitude and a lack of individual and institutional knowledge of common east Asian naming conventions. I know I bang the drum about this as a former Whitehall policy person, but the reliance on generalists is damning us
Japan’s 40-year government bond auction generated the weakest demand in 14 years as investors responded to reports that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba could resign in the coming days or weeks. on.ft.com/4o3qhg6
“Ukraine’s western backers rushed to try to persuade Zelenskyy to change course. French President Emmanuel Macron and European Council president António Costa phoned him on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to dissuade him.” on.ft.com/456RlCF