What happens if the balance of global power quietly breaks—and no one is willing to say it out loud? In this explosive geopolitical breakdown, Prof. Jiang Xueqin explores a high-risk scenario shaking global security thinking: the possibility of Iran achieving nuclear weapon capability and what that would mean for the United States, Israel, and the entire international order. This is NOT a claim of confirmed events—this is a strategic, analytical deep dive into deterrence theory, military limits, and the fragile structure holding the modern world together. One miscalculation, one escalation, and the entire Middle East equilibrium could shift permanently. At the center of this discussion lies a terrifying question: Has the era of uncontested military dominance already ended?
Immigrants play an outsized role in entrepreneurship, launching more than 20% of U.S. businesses while representing just 15% of the population, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research paper published in 2024, Axios’ Nathan Bomey writes.About 3.5 million immigrants are self-employed, according to the Immigration Research Initiative.
Zoom in: All big businesses started out small — and many of the country’s most valuable companies had immigrant founders.Immigrants or the children of immigrants founded nearly half of Fortune 500 companies as of 2023, according to one analysis.Those include Jensen Huang’s Nvidia, Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla, and Sergey Brin’s Alphabet.
What they’re saying: “You’re getting the best of the best to come here, and it is helping drive the economy,” says Rajshree Agarwal,director of the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets at the University of Maryland.
What to watch: Mass deportations and stiffer immigration restrictions could undermine small businesses, as entrepreneurs fret about their own residency, face expensive visa rules and struggle to retain foreign-born employees.
Steve Witkoff listens to Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a diplomatic meeting in Paris in April. Photo: Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP via GettyLatest reporting from Axios’ supremely wired Barak Ravid:
Iran responded today to the latest U.S. draft proposal to end the war, with Iranian state media saying negotiations will now focus on “ending the war in the region.
“Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House envoy Steve Witkoff met yesterday in Miami with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani as part of efforts to reach a deal to end the war in Iran.
Why it matters: The U.S. and Iran are negotiating over a one-page memo to end the war and establish a framework for more detailed negotiations.The Qataris are playing a key role in mediating between the sides.
Shortly before the Iranian response, the Qatari prime minister spoke by phone with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and discussed the deal, the Qatari foreign ministry said. Keep reading.
Darwin was not the confident naturalist history remembers. He suffered panic attacks severe enough to keep him housebound. Heart palpitations. Nausea. Dizziness. For 40 years. He never medicated. He built a system instead.
Every morning at Down House, Darwin walked the same path. The Sandwalk. A small loop of trees. Flint stones on the ground so he could count his rounds without thinking. Five loops. Every day. Without fail. Not for fitness. For his nervous system.
Modern neuroscience calls what Darwin discovered rhythmic bilateral stimulation. The body moving in rhythm. Left, right, left, right. Walking does three things at once: • Drops cortisol • Activates the prefrontal cortex • Interrupts the threat loop Darwin called it Show more
After his walk, Darwin observed specimens for hours. Not analyzing. Observing. A barnacle. A worm. A root. Close attention to one small concrete thing pulled his mind completely out of abstraction. This is exactly what drawing does to the nervous system. Same mechanism. Same Show more
Churchill had bricks. Jung had stone. Darwin had the Sandwalk, the specimens, and the letters. All three used the body to think. All three used their hands to survive their minds.
Darwin’s anxiety lasted his entire adult life. He still wrote On the Origin of Species. Corresponded with hundreds of scientists. Never stopped working. Not because he overcame his anxiety. Because he built a life his nervous system could live inside.
On May 26th I’m running a free live session on the method that releases what your analytical brain cannot touch. Drawing. Live. The way Darwin used his specimens — but faster. Here’s the link:
Noland Arbaugh’s life has been completely transformed
“I can control a computer with my thoughts”
As the first human to receive a Neuralink brain implant, the man who was once paralyzed after a diving accident is now: • Playing video games for hours using only his mind •… pic.twitter.com/wioxrHhSqH