A glorious last day of 2024 at Tabiano Castello in northern Italy. In terms of weather it couldn’t be better.

A quick dash to San Francisco doesn’t necessarily hurt. The big signs on the way in from the airport were all about AI applications I have barely heard of.

Should have been on Seoul today at the World Emerging Security Forum, but I could deliver my remarks virtually.

Carl Bildt here. I’m more on X but now also with this account here. Slightly irritating that someone else has opened an account in my name - that’s not me!