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Diane Francis

@dianefrancis.substack.com

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Lifelong anti-corruption, anti-stupidity, technology activist. Subscribe to my Substack newsletter: dianefrancis.substack.com

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 20/08/2026

Twilight for Putin dianefrancis.substack.com/p/twilight-f...

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Twilight for Putin

August 20, 2026

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 06/08/2026

The AI Casino: dianefrancis.substack.com/p/the-ai-cas... #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #Economics

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 05/08/2026

I really appreciate the recent feedback on my Substack newsletters. Thank you for your continued support. My next Substack drops tomorrow, subscribe here: dianefrancis.substack.com #Substack #Geopolitics #WorldPolitics

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 23/07/2026

Tehran's Trifecta: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Tehran #Iran #Israel #Geopolitics

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Tehran's Trifecta

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 16/07/2026

Putin Propaganda: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Putin #Geopolitics #TheEconomist

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Putin Propaganda

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 14/07/2026

Presidential profiteering stains America, and, worse, until ended, is turning the country into a banana republic, without the bananas. open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Trump #Corruption #substack

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Presidential Plunder

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 13/07/2026

Presidential Plunder: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Trump #Corruption #Business

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Presidential Plunder

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 10/07/2026

From Russia’s perspective, failing to topple the Ukrainian government or seize the nation represents a definitive strategic loss. open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Russia #Ukraine #Trump

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Ukraine's Watershed

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 09/07/2026

Ukraine's Watershed: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Ukraine #NATO #Trump

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Ukraine's Watershed

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 07/07/2026

The reality is that World War AI is already underway. America currently holds most of the cards. But the danger is that the United States lacks sufficient power to control AI, and may not yet know how to govern it. open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #ArtificialIntelligence #EconomicPower #America

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 06/07/2026

World War AI: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #ArtificialIntelligence #Trump #ElonMusk

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 03/07/2026

Russia will continue to test NATO’s cohesion. The Ankara summit should send three unmistakable messages. 1. NATO remains united. 2. Europe is assuming greater responsibility for its own defense. 3. Ukraine is a key player within Europe’s long-term security architecture. #NATO #Trump #Ukraine

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 02/07/2026

NATO Next: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #NATO #russia #Trump

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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

FULL INTERVIEW ⤵

Ukraine & NATO need each other like oxygen | Diane Francis

YouTube video by TALKING WITH TVP WORLD

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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes, which are causing widespread fuel shortages in Russia, have embarrassed President Putin, Diane Francis, Senior Fellow, at the Atlantic Council, told TVP World. @dianefrancis.substack.com

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 30/06/2026

Indications are that Trump is very, very eager to reach a settlement and score a major “win” for himself. He needs to change the channel from Iran. Midterms loom, and he needs to stop Putin. So does the world. open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Trump #Putin #ukraine

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Ukraine's Game-Changer

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 29/06/2026

Ukraine's Game-Changer: dianefrancis.substack.com/p/ukraines-g... #ukraine #russia #Trump #Zelensky

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Ukraine's Game-Changer

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 26/06/2026

Crimea’s impending fall marks the beginning of Putin’s end. dianefrancis.substack.com/p/hell-in-cr... #crimea #russia #ukraine

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 25/06/2026

Hell in Crimea: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Crimea #Ukraine #Russia

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 23/06/2026

At the G7 Summit, President Donald Trump denigrated detractors concerning the U.S.-Iran peace deal, and said the world economy would collapse if he didn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which he had failed to protect before attacking. open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Trump #Iran #G7

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 22/06/2026

Trump Trounced: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Trump #Geopolitics #substack

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 19/06/2026

According to Soviet chess champion Garry Kasparov, the loss of Crimea is the visual defeat needed to kill the “idea of empire” in the minds of Russians and to force them to understand that the war is lost. open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Putin #russia #crimea

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 18/06/2026

Putin's Patsy: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #russia #ukraine #war

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 15/06/2026

Thank you for the positive response to my most recent Substack newsletter "Putin's Worst Nightmare"! Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #substack #russia #Putin

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Putin's Worst Nightmare

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 15/06/2026

Tragically, wars don’t end, but simply peter out or become postponed. In Ukraine and Iran, getting across the finishing lines will remain difficult. Both are wars of attrition, which, unfortunately, have become the new normal. open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #iran #russia #Geopolitics

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Wars of Attrition

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 15/06/2026

Wars of Attrition: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Iran #ukraine #war

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Wars of Attrition

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 15/06/2026

Thank you for the positive response to my most recent Substack newsletter "Putin's Worst Nightmare"! Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #substack #russia #Putin

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Putin's Worst Nightmare

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 11/06/2026

The war is a stalemate that won’t end as long as Putin remains in charge. Fortunately, the difference now is that Putin’s biggest enemy is technology, and he knows that the war will end, whether he wants it to happen or not. open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Putin #russia #ukraine

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Putin's Worst Nightmare

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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

“It’s inevitable,” Diane Francis, a Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council, told TVP World when asked about Ukraine’s potential membership in NATO.

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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Watch the full interview:

If U.S. wants Europe to shoulder its own defense, NATO needs Ukraine | Diane Francis

YouTube video by TVP WORLD

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 11/06/2026

Thank you for having me.

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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

“NATO needs Ukraine even more so considering that the Americans are trying to back out of, you know, full support or any support, possibly,” Diane Francis, a Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council, told TVP World.

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 11/06/2026

Putin's Worst Nightmare: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #putin #russia #ukraine

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Putin's Worst Nightmare

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 04/06/2026

The positives thus far are that Putin’s war has ruined his army, strengthened the Western alliance, and this, along with Ukraine’s incredible resolve, will inevitably be his undoing. open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Geopolitics #War #ukraine #russia

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Beginning of the End

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 04/06/2026

Beginning of the End: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Ukraine #Russia #Putin

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Beginning of the End

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 02/06/2026

Thank you The Japan Times for sharing my recent Substack: www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2... Read more by subscribing here: dianefrancis.substack.com #substack #space #japan

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A space race the Land of the Rising Sun is winning

Japan takes the lead in space-based solar power exploration.

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 01/06/2026

Energy abundance from space will benefit all economies and people and save the planet. Global space infrastructure and abundant solar power will also yield geopolitical benefits. But there’s always the challenge of human nature, greed, and ignorance. open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Substack

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Geopolitics of Space

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 01/06/2026

Geopolitics of Space: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #SpaceAge #Economics #Geopolitics

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Geopolitics of Space

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 28/05/2026

If Japan’s demonstration satellite is successful, it will revolutionize clean energy. Both the United States and China are watching with great interest and have similar projects on the drawing boards: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #japan #LunaRing #ohisama

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Japan Leads Space Race

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 28/05/2026

Japan Leads Space Race: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #ohisama #JAXA #japan

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Japan Leads Space Race

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 25/05/2026

This is the first of three newsletters about the impending Space Age, which will transform human existence, energy, economics, and geopolitics: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... Next: “Japan Leads Space Race” on May 28 and “Space and Geopolitics on June 1. #ElonMusk #Geopolitics #spaceexploration

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The Space Age Cometh

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 25/05/2026

The Space Age Cometh: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #elonmusk #economics #Geopolitics

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The Space Age Cometh

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 21/05/2026

Does Ukraine have nukes? open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #Ukraine #WorldNews #Geopolitics

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Ukraine's Turning Point

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 21/05/2026

Ukraine's Turning Point: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #ukraine #VyshyvankaDay #putin

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Ukraine's Turning Point

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 18/05/2026

The world’s two most powerful men met, exchanged compliments, and agreed to disagree on just about everything, an outcome that is actually good news: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #power #economy #Geopolitics

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China-US Jaw-Jaw

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 18/05/2026

China-US Jaw-Jaw: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #WorldNews #China #Trump

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China-US Jaw-Jaw

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 15/05/2026

A master chess strategist, Kasparov, believes “Ukraine must win to end the Russian empire and eliminate this virus. Crimea must be liberated, and Russia pushed into bankruptcy. Then no new Putin will return to empire building.” open.substack.com/pub/dianefra...

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Bankrupting Russia

Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 14/05/2026

Bankrupting Russia: open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #WorldPolitics #WorldNews #GarryKasparov

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Bankrupting Russia

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 12/05/2026

Here’s a conversation I had with Louis Sykes of @listentotimesradio.bsky.social about #Putin and the state of play in #Russia and #Ukraine: youtu.be/SBP6nHkTUiU?...

Putin will 'disappear' if climbdown on Ukraine becomes reality as Moscow suggests end to war

YouTube video by Frontline

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Diane Francis @dianefrancis.substack.com · 11/05/2026

China must be threatened with more sanctions to stop its support for Russia, Iran, and drug cartels in Mexico, which buy its precursors to make fentanyl. open.substack.com/pub/dianefra... #substack #china #russia #ukraine

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