Writing
Essays and notes on geopolitics, economics, and political economy. Witnessing power, money, and consequences
The Capture
US Special Forces entered Caracas on Saturday night and seized Nicolás Maduro at the door of a safe room inside a military base. Thirty-two Cuban military and intelligence personnel died in the operation.
The Alliance Dilemma: European and Asian Responses to American Nationalism
The old bargain—American security in exchange for European alignment—had rested on a belief that the relationship was permanent. That belief ended.
The Return and the Rupture: Trump’s Inauguration as Inflection Point
The inauguration was not a beginning. It was a consequence.
The War On Anything
Nations have mechanisms to guard against the leader behaving like a king. In the case of the USA, courts and Congress must be the guards. But when they fail, authoritarianism slowly takes hold.