Brian Iselin (林百安) 🇦🇺/🇸🇪 (FEIPIO)
@brianiselin.bsky.social
President, European Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers, Europe-Taiwan Institute, geopolitical analysis, automotive/EVs, compulsive writer, widget builder.
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Hungary just celebrated the completion of delivery the 44 leopard tanks from Germany. Can someone tell my why Hungary, with Orban an ally of Putin, needs a defence force at all? To attack neighbours? Why does Hungary need tanks?
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hungary just celebrated the completion of delivery the 44 leopard tanks from Germany. Can someone tell my why Hungary, with Orban an ally of Putin, needs a defence force at all? To attack neighbours? Why does Hungary need tanks?
Women and girls are dying in the one place they should be safest at tragic rates - one every few minutes - and the world barely bats an eye. Read why for free.
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A Woman or Girl Killed at Home Every Few Minutes; and the World Shrugs
UN femicide figures show the real front line runs through kitchens, bedrooms. Oh, and courtrooms that do nothing.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Women and girls are dying in the one place they should be safest at tragic rates - one every few minutes - and the world barely bats an eye. Read why for free.
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Gift link to read why we (Europe, US, and Russia) are still odds and will forever be.
Europe hangs onto a rules-based way of doing things. The US and Russia now prioritise dysfunction.
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Europe hangs onto a rules-based way of doing things. The US and Russia now prioritise dysfunction.
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Europe Still Thinks in Rules. America and Russia Don’t
Three clashing logics of power now share one continent, and only one of them believes in law.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Gift link to read why we (Europe, US, and Russia) are still odds and will forever be.
Europe hangs onto a rules-based way of doing things. The US and Russia now prioritise dysfunction.
strategicedge.brianiselin.com/europe-still...
Europe hangs onto a rules-based way of doing things. The US and Russia now prioritise dysfunction.
strategicedge.brianiselin.com/europe-still...
Agentic AI is coming to your car. Read (for free!) the 1st of this 3-part series on how it will change everything for your drive.
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Agentic AI, Part 1: Meet The Digital Crew Hiding In Your Connected Car
Your in-car assistant is turning into a digital pit crew. Agentic AI in connected cars quietly manages routes, charging, and comfort while…
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December 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Agentic AI is coming to your car. Read (for free!) the 1st of this 3-part series on how it will change everything for your drive.
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Gift link, to read for free about the incredible Swedish drone killer, the Kreuger 100. This is the kind of tech we need to win drone wars.
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The $5,000 Drone Killer Exposing Europe’s Million-Dollar Habit
Inside the Nordic air defence startup making Patriot-level spending on Shaheds look like a very slow suicide note
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December 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Gift link, to read for free about the incredible Swedish drone killer, the Kreuger 100. This is the kind of tech we need to win drone wars.
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The official journal of the European Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers, the "European Intelligence Review" is now live. Follow it here: medium.com/eipio-intell...
European Intelligence Review Is Now Live
European Intelligence Review Is Now Live
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December 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The official journal of the European Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers, the "European Intelligence Review" is now live. Follow it here: medium.com/eipio-intell...
While Medium have cut writer earnings by more than 95%, Substack remains worse. Their promise is impossible unless you are famous, bringing your own audience. On current growth, publishing daily, it will take me 162 years to reach the "viable side-hustle" mark. Forget Substack: dead for writers.
December 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
While Medium have cut writer earnings by more than 95%, Substack remains worse. Their promise is impossible unless you are famous, bringing your own audience. On current growth, publishing daily, it will take me 162 years to reach the "viable side-hustle" mark. Forget Substack: dead for writers.
Anyone considering writing on Medium for any income must think again. While @Substack remains worse, Medium have cut writer earnings >95%. In my case, with 2500 followers, earnings cut by 97.7%. Can no longer afford to write there.
My advice is forget @Medium; it is dead for side-hustle.
My advice is forget @Medium; it is dead for side-hustle.
December 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Anyone considering writing on Medium for any income must think again. While @Substack remains worse, Medium have cut writer earnings >95%. In my case, with 2500 followers, earnings cut by 97.7%. Can no longer afford to write there.
My advice is forget @Medium; it is dead for side-hustle.
My advice is forget @Medium; it is dead for side-hustle.
Reposted by Brian Iselin (林百安) 🇦🇺/🇸🇪 (FEIPIO)
The Donbas isn’t Putin’s end game.
If he gets it, he will demand more.
We know this from history and we should learn from history.
Extract of my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓
If he gets it, he will demand more.
We know this from history and we should learn from history.
Extract of my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓
December 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The Donbas isn’t Putin’s end game.
If he gets it, he will demand more.
We know this from history and we should learn from history.
Extract of my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓
If he gets it, he will demand more.
We know this from history and we should learn from history.
Extract of my doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Reposted by Brian Iselin (林百安) 🇦🇺/🇸🇪 (FEIPIO)
79% of Europeans support a common defence policy. That’s a strong, united call for a safer, more sovereign Europe. In a world of growing threats, we need less fragmentation and more cooperation. A true European Defence Union is not a dream – it’s a democratic demand.
(Source: latest Eurobarometer)
(Source: latest Eurobarometer)
December 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
79% of Europeans support a common defence policy. That’s a strong, united call for a safer, more sovereign Europe. In a world of growing threats, we need less fragmentation and more cooperation. A true European Defence Union is not a dream – it’s a democratic demand.
(Source: latest Eurobarometer)
(Source: latest Eurobarometer)
Indeed. We have been too slow to learn the truth. Europe has two existential enemies now; Russia and the US.
December 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Indeed. We have been too slow to learn the truth. Europe has two existential enemies now; Russia and the US.
Ask a single Trump supporter what the European Union is and they won't be able to tell you. It is not for an American to tell Europeans they cannot have a Union. It makes as much sense as any foreigner demanding the dissolution of the United States.
December 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Ask a single Trump supporter what the European Union is and they won't be able to tell you. It is not for an American to tell Europeans they cannot have a Union. It makes as much sense as any foreigner demanding the dissolution of the United States.
Despite the bravado-ist rhetoric, Trump is Beijing’s biggest customer. Read how that works with this free link:
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Chinese Loans to the US: How Trump is Beijing’s Favourite Customer
Washington spent years warning poor countries about Chinese state loans while quietly taking more of that money than anyone else on earth…
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December 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Despite the bravado-ist rhetoric, Trump is Beijing’s biggest customer. Read how that works with this free link:
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Putin’s New Taxes Are Drafting Ordinary Russians Into the War Budget: strategicedge.brianiselin.com/putins-new-t...
Putin’s New Taxes Are Drafting Ordinary Russians Into the War Budget
Putin’s war taxes are daily deduction from every Russian supermarket receipt, phone upgrade and car registration, all in service of a war…
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December 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Putin’s New Taxes Are Drafting Ordinary Russians Into the War Budget: strategicedge.brianiselin.com/putins-new-t...
The way things are going it looks like we will be at war with the USA in less than 50 years. 🤔🤔🤔
December 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The way things are going it looks like we will be at war with the USA in less than 50 years. 🤔🤔🤔
Scam? Useless? Useful? Here's my scorecard on Carbon Rating Agencies; Europe’s New Climate “M’eh”“ Read for free: civicledger.brianiselin.com/carbon-ratin...
Carbon Rating Agencies Are Europe’s New Climate “M’eh”
Europe says it will slash emissions 90% by 2040. Then quietly privatises responsibility, handing a chunk of that promise to carbon rating…
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December 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Scam? Useless? Useful? Here's my scorecard on Carbon Rating Agencies; Europe’s New Climate “M’eh”“ Read for free: civicledger.brianiselin.com/carbon-ratin...
The big NATO states are all just talkers and marketing BS on Ukraine. The Nordics, and Baltics, massively outspend relative to their size, GDP, population. Talkers and walkers. Find out who is who with this free link: strategicedge.brianiselin.com/nordic-suppo...
Nordic Support for Ukraine Is Shaming the Rest of NATO
Five small countries on Europe’s northern rim are carrying a war that richer, louder, and arrogant allies still treat as someone else’s…
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December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The big NATO states are all just talkers and marketing BS on Ukraine. The Nordics, and Baltics, massively outspend relative to their size, GDP, population. Talkers and walkers. Find out who is who with this free link: strategicedge.brianiselin.com/nordic-suppo...
Those OTA updates people are so happy with tank your resale. By a lot. Read for free: torqueandtheory.brianiselin.com/ota-updates-...
OTA Updates Can Tank Your Resale Value — Here’s How to Avoid It
OTA updates can raise or sink resale value. Let’s check auction trends, transfer rules, and which software options help you most
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December 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Those OTA updates people are so happy with tank your resale. By a lot. Read for free: torqueandtheory.brianiselin.com/ota-updates-...
Read (for free!) how Nordic support for Ukraine is shaming the rest of NATO.
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Nordic Support for Ukraine Is Shaming the Rest of NATO
Five small countries on Europe’s northern rim are carrying a war that richer, louder, and arrogant allies still treat as someone else’s…
strategicedge.brianiselin.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Read (for free!) how Nordic support for Ukraine is shaming the rest of NATO.
strategicedge.brianiselin.com/nordic-suppo...
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Frozen wages, impossible student debt, outrageous real estate prices driven up by rich corporate demand....all of these things are how the generational wealth ladder has been kicked away. Read more, for free with this gift link:
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The Generational Wealth Ladder Didn’t Disappear. It Was Kicked Away.
From frozen wages to impossible home prices, the maths of engineered downward mobility.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Frozen wages, impossible student debt, outrageous real estate prices driven up by rich corporate demand....all of these things are how the generational wealth ladder has been kicked away. Read more, for free with this gift link:
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Europe may be heading for a crisis nobody seems to get. It's called Universe 25. Read it for free with this gift link).
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Comfort, Childlessness, Collapse: Is Europe Slow Walking Into Universe 25?
From record loneliness to record low births, the mouse “utopia” is starting to read like our demographic diary
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November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Europe may be heading for a crisis nobody seems to get. It's called Universe 25. Read it for free with this gift link).
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What is Ferrari's EV game; the one they failed to bring?
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The EV Market Is on Fire. So Why Is Ferrari Backing Away?
Global EV sales are surging while exclusive Ferrari and Porsche cool their EV plans, and Toyota stays balanced. Here’s what that Ferrari EV…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What is Ferrari's EV game; the one they failed to bring?
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Ever heard of UN Resolution 2758? Read (with this free gift link) about how it has just changed the entire East Asian dynamic - China, Taiwan, Japan, and more.
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Japan Has Joined a Revolt Against China’s Taiwan Narrative
China said Resolution 2758 was supposed to lock Taiwan out forever. Then parliaments stirred — and Japan joined in.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Ever heard of UN Resolution 2758? Read (with this free gift link) about how it has just changed the entire East Asian dynamic - China, Taiwan, Japan, and more.
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Major news, underreported: a majority of Japanese now want to "bring it" against China if the latter attacks Taiwan. This is a huge development for East Asia. Read about it for free with this gift link:
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Japan’s Taiwan Turn: When “Pacifist” Voters Start Talking About War
Japan just told us something we never expected to hear: if China attacks Taiwan, almost half the country is ready to see Japan fight.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Major news, underreported: a majority of Japanese now want to "bring it" against China if the latter attacks Taiwan. This is a huge development for East Asia. Read about it for free with this gift link:
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Says what we are all thinking
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Says what we are all thinking