A Border Spectacle
Crossing the borders involves a cultural rite of social death and, upon safe crossing, rebirth. It’s the kind of social death that
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The Architecture of Autonomy and the Mecca Pact
What August 7 signifies is that transactional hedging has gone mainstream among Washington’s core security dependents. As Western leaders navigate domestic electoral
Croatia for Rent
Once, the popular sign along the Croatian coast was a hand-lettered placard reading “Rooms for Rent.” Today, at the border crossings, the
The Unintended Consequences of the Digital Revolution Await Us
The digital revolution was the creation of people devoid of capability to imagine unintended consequences. They are building for us a house
The Riyadh Pact: Security Architecture or Capital Realignment in the World-System?
The pact’s real significance lies less in the number of fighter jets involved than in what it tells us about the current
The moral paradox of extreme wealth
If people can keep in mind that, despite our differences, we generally want a more equal society, then I believe perhaps it
Polls Show Europe Wants War
They call Ukraine an ally and demand that it continue fighting, but they refuse to send their own sons and daughters. This
Globalism Must Be Vanquished
Eighty years of “internationalism” have destroyed the most natural political order that has ever existed: the nation state. Now entire continents are
Performative Economics and the Monopoly of Imagination
When debt can no longer be serviced, when inflation can no longer be denied, when the bond market finally refuses the script,
Central Asia’s Critical Minerals Rush: Between the US and China
Given the high demand for critical minerals, America’s deficit in Central Asia’s mineral markets will be to China’s gain, enabling its geopolitical