The occasional saintly individual aside, no political elites - anywhere, ever - actually care about the good of their countries. They're usually willing to give lip service. And seriously pretend if that's a necessary means to some important-to-them end.
Like many other things, late-stage capitalism's obsession with short-term results and delocalization of financial interests have made this problem far worse. It is a perfectly good plan to get rich by driving your country into the ground, then move to Switzerland before the collapse gets too messy.
If you're in any sort of engineering or management role - it might be better to focus on how the defective design of his airplane ended his military career that day. Just when America's need for experienced, successful naval aviators was at its peak.
> ... because apparently there's many more Israeli startups working on medical research, green technology and world peace.
> If there are, they certainly would do no harm in being more vocal ...
Perhaps, but - talk to someone who's done PR work for startups. Ask them what it would take for an Israeli startup working on, say, home bagel-making machines to get the sort of world-wide media attention that any Israeli creep-tech firm can get - for free - by association with a few nefarious deeds.
I wasn't insinuating anything. It's an outright accusation. If you can find the time and energy to upbraid me but not the Israeli shill I replied to then your priorities are incompatible with mine but it's not my problem.
> While companies in the US chase smaller footprints, there are a lot of new large reactors going up in China.
And the third-to-last para answers the headline question:
> Larger reactors generally provide more electricity to the grid for a lower price, a key consideration in view of China’s steeply increasing electricity demand. While smaller reactors require less up-front investment than larger ones because of their size, they’ll actually be more expensive per unit of electricity produced.
So it's just another verse in the modern-day song, about how the West mostly talks big and financializes, while China actually builds stuff at scale.
> GM has partnered with Peak Energy to develop next-generation sodium-ion battery cells, but they’re not going into EVs – they’re for grid-scale energy storage projects. GM Ventures is making a strategic investment in Peak Energy.
> Under the partnership, GM will develop the sodium-ion cells in its Michigan battery labs and retain exclusive manufacturing rights. Peak Energy will integrate the cells into its battery storage systems as it ramps up US manufacturing.
Co-locating grid energy storage systems and EV charging stations seems like a profitable setup, and conveniently adjacent to GM's existing business model.
Maybe re-read the article? For an NPR piece, it's loaded with specific attributions and named names, of people pushing "Chinese influence operation" theories.
Or do you mean evidence of widespread (& effective) Chinese influence operations? The article's thesis is that those pretty much don't exist. Notice the quote attributed to Ben Nimmo at OpenAI.
Apologies, my error was in having English as not my first language. I should have said that the only evidence of the proponents of the theory is vibes and feelings.
> Endgame: The State of the Russian Economy is Kiel Report No. 9 (June 2026) and includes the following [6 articles by various authors]
There is a huge market for academic-toned articles about the war in Ukraine. Ditto for journals willing to publish articles.
But with how greatly the character of that war has changed over time, and how many supposed experts have proven wrong - repeatedly - why should I bother to read anything beyond the shortest of articles, from a very short list of familiar-to-me sources?
Like many other things, late-stage capitalism's obsession with short-term results and delocalization of financial interests have made this problem far worse. It is a perfectly good plan to get rich by driving your country into the ground, then move to Switzerland before the collapse gets too messy.