System Signals

A weekly digest on what moved beneath the headlines in geography, energy, and economy.

System Signals No. 4

The entry fee, the $20 round trip, and the fuel bill landing on everything from airlines to groceries

Economic Geography

Trade Policy

Energy Policy

System Signals No. 3

The CN bridge, the Pacific pipeline paradox, and the distance between an energy superpower and its nearest tide water

Economic Geography

Infrastructure

Energy Policy

System Signals No. 2

Hormuz premium, majority government, and the gap between Canada’s trade diversification numbers and their structural reality

Economic Geography

Monitoring

Urban Geography

System Signals No. 1

Corridors, state capacity, and how this week’s shocks move from infrastructure into daily cost

Economic Geography

Monitoring

Urban Geography