Multipolarity16 Apr

New Kid On The Blockade, Tisza Trailer

Trump blockades a blockade.

The world holds its breath: will the Iranians blockade the blockade of the blockade?

Are we destined for battleship Tetris piling up in the Gulf?

Or is this just one more instance of the real war being the PR one?

Then, with his Fidesz party reduced to a rump, what happens when the lynchpin of anti-Brussels energy falls out?

The EU threw everything at Orbán, and it has paid off handsomely.

Ursula von der Leyen clearly had her speech about moving to qualified majority voting written before the polls closed.

Beyond a cost of living election in a landlocked medium-sized country, this is a story about the future of the EU. Apres Viktor, le deluge…

IMPORTANT A Note on Substack

You might already know that we have a Substack, and we’re growing it. (multipolaritypod.substack.com)

We’ve run into a small issue, in that lately, a few people have been signing up on Substack, with the intent of getting the premium episodes of the podcast - which have so far been exclusive to Patreon.

So we’ve decided to take the premium podcast to Substack, and bundle it with a new range of articles we’re in the process of producing.

The deal is this -

The Substack will be $12 a month - that will get you the podcast and then various paywalled articles on top.

We’re not paywalling the Substack yet - all the pieces you can presently read are free of charge - but we have plans to start gating the odd piece. And as we said, we will gate the premium podcast on Substack.

Of course, if you’re an existing subscriber, you can do whatever you like - Patreon, or Substack. The one gives you the pod only. The other will give you both. Obviously, your price won’t change unless you change platforms. So there’s no need to do anything.

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