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Weeks where Decades Happen
Great Powers are on a collision course. Can it be avoided?
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Russian Expansion and the 21st Century Great Game
The roots of the war in Ukraine are far more complex than many understand. Ukraine is a pawn in a centuries-long Great Power chess match.
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The Great Realignment: US Power Slipping
The New World Order Is Being Built fast. What's currently underway?
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Lord Bebo
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The Praetorian Problem: Then and Now
When the power-adjacent seize power, governments go rogue
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Fighting Iran Is a Historically Bad Idea
Where do the tit-for-tat escalations lead?
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The Alfred Hitchcock Theory of Debt
The suspense of our global debt buildup is one hell of a show. Is there any way out?
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Ukraine: 21st Century Verdun
What's worth what to whom in this fight?
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Hot War with China on the Bad News Buffet
What would a US-China war actually look like?
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The Hobbesian Dilemma: Centralized Power and Entropy
Governments must grow to respond to both internal and external threats. But eventually, they'll grow too large and collapse under their own weight after…
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Propaganda Lessons from the Iraq War
Looking at propaganda in hindsight can help you recognize and combat it now.
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CBDCs: Turnkey Tyranny
Just Say No to Central Bank Digital Currencies
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Imperial Overextension, Part 1
Was 9/11 a Turning Point or an Accelerant?
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