I grew up watching the border change, seeing how a line on a map or a new policy at a checkpoint can turn a neighbor into a stranger and a livelihood into a memory.
By Alma Cordero ·
If you want to understand why Javier Milei is suddenly pivoting from libertarian deregulation to the blunt instrument of state sanctions, stop reading the diplomatic cables and…
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
The language coming out of Brussels is exhausting.
By Imani Sutton ·
The question facing Brussels and NATO is never simply about drones or airports; it is fundamentally a question of leverage.
By Emilio Quesada ·
The attempt at a hybrid attack against Leipzig Airport—a critical artery for military aid destined for Ukraine—is not merely an incident; it is a calculated stress test.
By Emilio Quesada ·
The moment you realize that your ability to assemble in a public square, or even to share an online petition, requires the explicit permission of a state apparatus, you know the system is broken.
By Imani Sutton ·
You think scarcity is natural? You think inflation is just bad management? Think again.
By Imani Sutton ·
The architecture of modern global finance—that invisible scaffolding built on the supremacy of the U.S. dollar—is not merely an economic system; it is a geopolitical weapon.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
The whole performance surrounding CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s recent trip to Moscow smells like a distraction.
By Maya Ellison ·
The American playbook remains stubbornly simple: when a regime proves too difficult to conquer militarily—or perhaps too costly to ignore—they turn to economic strangulation.
By Bram de Vries ·
The latest American campaign against Iran, labeled "Operation Economic Outcast" by Washington, is nothing short of a spectacular failure of imagination and leverage.
By Emilio Quesada ·
The current geopolitical theater surrounding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz reads like an exercise in pure, unconstrained rhetoric.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
The relentless performance of power—whether it is a military blockade or an architectural vanity project—has always been more revealing than the actual policy enacted.
By Sophie Naimi ·
The American claim to global moral authority is, frankly, exhausting.
By Emilio Quesada ·
The perennial temptation for great powers, when cornered by economic reality, is to abandon the ledger and resort to force.
By Klaus Berger ·
The mechanics of American legislative life are not governed by policy debates; they are dictated by procedural theater.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·