Systems Letter
Three times a week — Monday, Wednesday, and Friday — I send out a short note. Each one takes a current economic or political event and uses it as a doorway into the systems shaping it.
August 21, 2025: Clocks and Maps
The frame is set by two movements that proceed together: an accelerated timetable for force and a long-term decision about land. The first narrows time in Gaza City; the second redraws the map east of Jerusalem.
August 19, 2025: Peace as Contract
The language of peace in Ukraine has shifted. It no longer rests primarily on the silencing of weapons but on the design of guarantees.