The Peter Zeihan Podcast Series

Russia has long operated under the guise of "strategic partnerships" to keep its enemies within striking distance. Putin and Xi's partnership is no different. However, only time will tell who will end up with the knife in their back.

Full Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/zeihan/the-russian-chinese-partnership

The demographic outlook of Southeast Asia is one of the best in the world. It's one thing to have a single country with solid demographics but put all of Southeast Asia together, and the region's strength amplifies. Full Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/zeihan/demographics-part-8-optimism-for-southeast-asia

I may have ditched the "howdys" and "y'alls" for the high mountains of Colorado, but Austin remains part of one of the fastest-growing economic and urban zones in the western hemisphere. Austin falls right in the middle of the Texas Triangle - a zone comprised of San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas.Full Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/zeihan/austins-role-in-the-texas-triangle

Due to the war, Ukrainian agricultural exports were reduced to a fraction of their pre-war numbers. The grain deal brokered by the UN was a glimmer of hope that perhaps exports wouldn't entirely fall off the map...until now. Full Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/zeihan/russia-targets-the-ukraine-grain-deal

Despite some food scares coming out of the former Soviet space, Mother Nature helped 2022 crop production look pretty solid in most of the great agriculture basins of the world. However, this could be the world's last food-secure year for quite a while.

Full Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/zeihan/agricultural-disruptions-in-argentina-and-ukraine

If you've read my latest book, The End of the World Is Just the Beginning, you know what question keeps me up at night: how long will we be able to feed the world's population? With threats to food security increasing daily, China is a scary example of how quickly this situation could go from critical to catastrophic.

Full Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/zeihan/famine-the-ultimate-country-killer

A world caught in deep demographic decline, faced with the loss of consumption and the complications that come with all that...can automation help pull us out of this nose dive? Full Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/zeihan/will-automation-save-the-world

There are a few reasons the cartels love their cocaine, mainly because it's easy to smuggle and cheap to make. But what happens when you sell it? You're left with a boatload of "dirty cash" you can't do anything with.

Full Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/zeihan/cartels-part-3-the-north-american-drug-war

No, we're not headed for another financial crisis...although, to those with more than 250k in one of the three failing banks, it may seem like we are. Silicon Valley Bank is the largest of the three, but it's still only the 16th largest in the nation.

Full Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/zeihan/the-financial-crisis-of-2023

To my fellow nerds reading along...this is your trigger warning...today we're talking about BAD DATA. Sorry for the dramatics, but I'm sure many of you share my frustration when you can't find the correct numbers for that forecast you're working on or, even worse, the data you used in your model is falsified.

Full Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/zeihan/trusting-the-numbers-in-a-deglobalized-world