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04/29/2026

The world didn't get simpler this year. Or last year. Or the year before that.

Between shifting alliances, trade disruptions, AI upheaval, and geopolitical plot twists that would get rejected by a Netflix writers' room — staying genuinely informed has become a full-time job. One that, presumably, you already have.

We built International Intrigue because you deserve a better briefing.

Every weekday, we take the biggest stories across geopolitics, business, and technology — and distill them into something sharp, substantive, and readable in under 10 minutes. Written and vetted by former diplomats who know how to read a room, not just a press release.

The format is tight. The analysis is real. And somewhere along the way, you might even enjoy it.

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04/28/2026

Trump has now faced more assassination attempts than any other US president in modern history. Imagine that?

This weekend's events are a window into rising polarization, collapsing trust, and a structural risk at the heart of US power that every ally and rival is now quietly pricing in.

International Intrigue broke down what these gunshots reveal about America — and what they mean for the rest of the world. Read it here: https://vist.ly/426p2

04/25/2026

We’ve written often about the ways diplomats and spooks no longer enjoy a monopoly over access, insights, or influence. And in many ways, that same trend is now just playing out through prediction markets: an entire crack team of CIA analysts can now get forecast-mogged by a 22-year-old crypto-bro with a hunch (or leak).

No wonder governments are now panicking about prediction markets. Read about it in our newsletter: https://vist.ly/4ztfh

04/24/2026

Is this a bad time to pitch a return to printed press?

If you're still attached to trees, maybe you'd want to subscribe to our weekday (digital) briefing: https://vist.ly/4zqkt

04/23/2026

Tech bros get enough attention, but when they start minting mass contracts with the Pentagon, the Department of Agriculture, Poland’s defence ministry, and even French intelligence, all while becoming a swear word hurled during protests… it’s worth a look.

Throw in a new 22-point manifesto outlining Palantir’s worldview, triggering more debate than whether a hot dog is a sandwich, and you’ve got yourself an Intrigue lead.

Read our comments in full in today's International Intrigue: https://vist.ly/4zjti

04/21/2026

"Not by the tweets of some idiot."

Internal chaos, or calculated hardball? Either way: zero ships transiting, oil is back at $90, the ceasefire clock is ticking — and both sides are still arguing about whether talks are even happening.

Read the full breakdown in our newsletter: https://vist.ly/4za3r

04/18/2026

How's the weekend going?

Here are a few headlines you might have missed this week (we promise they're not depressing).

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04/17/2026

92% of Venezuelans feel gratitude towards the US (according to one poll). Why? That's 104 days after Delta Force's Caracas cameo ended Nicolás Maduro's 13-year rule.

Repsol just returned with full operational control, oil output is back above 1.2M barrels/day, and GDP growth is eyeing 12%. Inflation? Still 600%.

But while everything's changed, nothing's changed: the interim leader is Maduro's former #2. Delcy Rodriguez has freed political prisoners, ousted some generals, and still won't say the word "elections." Without legitimate institutions, no volume of legal tweaks unlocks Venezuela's potential.

We laid out the full picture — and what Rubio's Cuba comments reveal about Washington's own logic — in today's newsletter: https://vist.ly/4yvdc

04/16/2026

You may have noticed Pope Leo is having his moment in the sun this week — both literally in the Algeria-Cameroon-and-Angola sense, but also figuratively in the Trump Tirade™ sense.

Since Italian journalists are on strike, we’re in the pulpit to fill you in.

Get the full plot behind the holy squirmish in today's edition of International Intrigue: https://vist.ly/4yqty

04/15/2026

As the world shifts from party to bunker mode, some big bets might now be off.

1. In China, Xi is going full ‘Hotel California’ as with new rules giving authorities extensive new powers to punish or trap businesses found to be undermining China's supply chain.
2. Over in Europe, luxury tycoons are learning that their big bet on a rising global middle class isn’t so easy.
3. For the IMF, it’s reiterating the classic bet that an Iran war will deliver an energy shock that triggers an economic crisis.

We unpacked each of these stories in today's edition (for free, as always): https://vist.ly/4yjyt

04/14/2026

More than 20 countries call their currency a , but only one has a 50-year geopolitical doctrine built around it. And right now, that doctrine is under more stress than at any point in recent memory.

The petrodollar was born from a quiet Kissinger handshake in 1974: Riyadh would price its oil exclusively in US dollars and reinvest those revenues (i.e., petrodollars) in US assets like Treasuries, helping keep US borrowing costs low. In return, the US would ensure Gulf security.

The Iran war is now reminding us that the architecture of modern finance was shaped in a single conversation. Foreign governments are holding fewer US Treasuries than at any point in the past 15 years — so is it time to say our last goodbyes?

We wouldn’t be so quick.

🔵 Read the full rationale in today’s edition: https://vist.ly/4yfbi

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