Karl's Notes

Between 7-16 August, an AI agent (Claude Opus 5) has been acting as a desk officer at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of a fictional state called Sordland (from Suzerain, not sponsored, but buy it, its a good game).

Introduction I recently finished the London School of Economics' programme on AI Law, Policy, and Governance.

A recent paper published on Arxiv, 'The Foreign Policy AI Evaluation Gap', highlights the complexity of grading the use of AI when it comes to statecraft, which they define as "the purposive, institutionally mediated conduct through which a political actor

In a sworn court declaration by Cameron Stanley, the US Department of War Chief Digital and AI Officer, he claimed that xAI's Grok for Government model was used during Operation Epic Fury to strike 2,000 distinct targets in Iran within 96 hours.

Originally published on MaltaToday Earlier this year, Prime Minister Robert Abela officially launched the East Expansion Project at Malta International Airport.

Someone on Reddit asked a simple question: what was life like in Norway during WW2?

In 1865, the British Parliament passed the Locomotives Act.

I have recently finished reading 'A Village in the Third Reich', which I cannot recommend enough if you're interested in World War II history.

In her speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, European Commission President Von der Leyen outlined plans for the establishment of 'EU Inc', which will allow citizens to register an EU-wide company online and within 48 hours.

Two days of bad weather is all it took for supermarket shelves in Malta to empty out, after ferry services from Sicily were halted.

In a midnight raid on Caracas on 3rd January, the US quickly deposed Nicolas Maduro as President of Venezuela by kidnapping him and the First Lady, and bombing several locations.

The following are some of the more interesting images, posts, links I found throughout 2025, whether online or in my travels.

A few days ago on 11th September, a platform was set up in France with the explicit aim to help consumers take advantage of different prices in neighbouring EU Member States of common staples like cigarettes and alcohol.

DailyNK uses satellite data to reveal how North Korea's new beach resort gets priority electricity access while local residents face increased power restrictions: The Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Area—a pet project of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un—final…

The Financial Times reports on a European Central Bank study that shows: Between 2018 and 2021, nearly 700 Mafia-linked firms across Italy were dismantled.