I’ve been a techie and analyst for a good piece north of three decades. I was there for the DotCom boom/bust, the 2008 crisis, and I’ve seen and participated in multiple waves of technological and financial innovation. One thing I know for certain is that truly world-changing shifts ALWAYS happen in the plumbing of finance…
As a disaster prevention and recovery specialist I’ve built my career dissecting complex corporate systems, frequently under extreme pressure. Whether tracking corporate sabotage, IP breaches, system breakdowns, or supply chain failures, there’s one underlying factor running through many of the projects I’ve taken on in the past decade and a half: Brittle systems fracture and…
By the shade of George Orwell Looking back at writing 1984, I now realize I was just a starry-eyed optimist back in those days. Indeed, in 1948 I could not have possibly foreseen any of the ways in which Big Brother is now controlling us, our thoughs, our opinions, and our behavior. I predicted that…
The Middle Eastern events of the past 48 hours represent an extremely dangerous escalation that is being VERY deliberately understated in much of the mainstream coverage. On June 7-8, Iran launched ballistic and cruise missiles in response to Israeli strikes on Beirut suburbs, prompting Israel to retaliate with standoff cruise missiles and air-launched attacks targeting…
For decades, the international community has operated under a fragile assumption regarding Iran: the nation’s nuclear program remained a carefully managed ambiguity with Iran assumed to have advanced enrichment capabilities, but no actual weapon. That assumption now appears to be obsolete. Reports from multiple channels, including high-level backchannel communications, indicate that Tehran has achieved the…
As some of you know, I carry out an almost unhealthy level of geopolitical research and analysis each week. That gives me a level of insight which few people possess. With that said, this report is drawn from recent high-level discussions among military experts, former intelligence officers, and diplomats, as well as BTF’s own analyses.…
Week Ending May 11, 2026With U.S. operations in the Gulf paused, indirect negotiations stalled on life support, the Strait of Hormuz still contested, and the Russia-Iran-China axis visibly strengthened, the need for clear-eyed, concise analysis has rarely been greater. BackToFreedom is proud to launch our new Weekly Geopolitical Briefing: a tightly focused, no-nonsense intelligence summary…
I’ve been tracking the intersection of regulation, capital flows, and technological disruption for a long time now. And as a compulsive reader of terms & conditions, disclaimers, contracts, and more than a little legislative documentation I have learned that the truly earthshaking progess in finance tends to be buried in dense bureaucratic language, not in…
It is a fact well known to those who know me that I’ve been operating in the computer and Internet sector for well over three and a half decades, including fifteen years as a troubleshooter for Google, solving problems for companies around the globe, including some of the world’s largest corporations. My professional time has…
The astute among us who’ve been around long enough have noticed the great-power competition, pressurized energy markets, and the slow erosion of American primacy over the past couple of decades. And yet, we have rarely seen a policy pivot as revealing as the Trump administration’s shift from kinetic strikes to a purported “worldwide naval blockade”…
