Writing
Essays and notes on geopolitics, economics, and political economy. Witnessing power, money, and consequences
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.