Aerospace DefenseAgainst drones, doctrine is the best defence0:00 / 0:00
Advantage is shifting from owning the best counter-drone kit to mastering its use against an ever-smarter foe.
The Daily Context — March 25, 2026
Today's briefing covers: Geopolitics is repricing the world's oil, The West’s weapons are too good to work, and Generative video is too costly for the masses
AudioThe Daily Context — March 25, 2026Today's briefing covers: Geopolitics is repricing the world's oil, The West’s weapons are too good to work, and Generative video is too costly for the masses
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Aerospace DefenseThe West’s weapons are too good to work0:00 / 0:00
An obsession with perfect weapons creates an arsenal too precious to use and too slow to deploy.
Energy ProcessGeopolitics is repricing the world's oil0:00 / 0:00
Conflict is forcing energy importers to pay a steep new premium for security of supply.
Energy ProcessThe green-energy boom has a wiring problem0:00 / 0:00
A flood of new wind and solar power is creating waste, volatility and a new form of energy fragility.
Energy ProcessThe new power plant is your car0:00 / 0:00
Batteries, AI and electric vehicles are dismantling the centralised grid, creating a volatile, democratised po...
Fashion LuxuryWestern beauty now imports its ideas0:00 / 0:00
The Korean hair-care boom is a costly lesson in the failure of Western research labs.
Media EntertainmentGenerative video is too costly for the masses0:00 / 0:00
The collapse of a $1bn deal reveals a hard truth: AI’s future in Hollywood is on the assembly line, not in the...