Paul
@paulb72.bsky.social
My views only. Zachtwerkende Nederlander. Paris - Berlin, previously in The Hague and Rabat
I posted about this yesterday, speculating this would happen. But didn’t expect it overnight
December 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I posted about this yesterday, speculating this would happen. But didn’t expect it overnight
Time to create a continental army!
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Time to create a continental army!
Again, there's a big difference between engineering new therapies with existing modalities and pathways, as well as Western big pharma backing, and having the ultra-high-end scientific and industrial ecosystem needed to discover wholly new pathways and modalities
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Again, there's a big difference between engineering new therapies with existing modalities and pathways, as well as Western big pharma backing, and having the ultra-high-end scientific and industrial ecosystem needed to discover wholly new pathways and modalities
Slight problem is that most policy people in Berlin and Brussels are deeply in thrall to the climate and degrowth stuff
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Slight problem is that most policy people in Berlin and Brussels are deeply in thrall to the climate and degrowth stuff
Sign of weakness for the Germans. Turkiye spent 20 years building state capacity, centralizing power, and doing industrial policy. No wonder it’s grown into a regional superpower… Berlin could learn a thing or two
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Sign of weakness for the Germans. Turkiye spent 20 years building state capacity, centralizing power, and doing industrial policy. No wonder it’s grown into a regional superpower… Berlin could learn a thing or two
Like it or not, this is a key source of European weakness. Institutional naïveté
November 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Like it or not, this is a key source of European weakness. Institutional naïveté
Russia also seems to be struggling with Chinese oversupply…
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Russia also seems to be struggling with Chinese oversupply…
Lots of cool books coming out. By contrast, there hasnt been a new tv show thats actually good in… years?
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Lots of cool books coming out. By contrast, there hasnt been a new tv show thats actually good in… years?
@robin-j-brooks.bsky.social has gone completely bonkers…
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
@robin-j-brooks.bsky.social has gone completely bonkers…
When you totally understand that the market is a means to an end, not an end in itself
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
When you totally understand that the market is a means to an end, not an end in itself
There isnt a better email to wake up to
October 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
There isnt a better email to wake up to
Best wel extraordinaire groei voor D66
October 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Best wel extraordinaire groei voor D66
The ‘China did industrial policy so it became competitive’ story that you often hear is a bit of a caricature. What China did really well above all is harnessing societal forces of competition…
October 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The ‘China did industrial policy so it became competitive’ story that you often hear is a bit of a caricature. What China did really well above all is harnessing societal forces of competition…
