Power & Geopolitics
The Architecture of Power
How states, markets, and movements contest authority and redraw the global map.
The Role of Blockchain in Supply Chain Management: Exposing the Hidden Risks of Transparency
The Role of Blockchain in Supply Chain Management is reshaping global trade with unprecedented transparency—but visibility doesn’t always equal fairness.
Blockchain’s…
Avatars of Authority: How Online Identities Recode Power
In medieval Europe, a crown conferred legitimacy. In the twentieth century, a suit and title sufficed. Today, authority might wear…
Boardroom Borders: When Multinationals Become Shadow States
A decade ago, Apple’s market capitalization quietly surpassed the GDP of Denmark. Today, more than a dozen corporations command revenues…
The Return of Empire: Why 21st-Century Wars Look Medieval Again
At first glance, the twenty-first century seems light-years from the medieval battlefield. Our wars are tracked by satellites, waged by…
Transit Deserts: Mapping the Hidden Inequities of Mobility
In many American cities, the absence of transit is as defining as its presence. Whole neighborhoods sit miles from reliable…
The Siege of Satellites: How Orbital Skirmishes Echo Medieval Warfare
At dawn in the thirteenth century, townsfolk might wake to find the supply lines cut, the castle ringed with siege…
Sovereignty in Syringes: When Health Aid Becomes Political Weaponry
In the first months of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, one striking fact was not about science at all: more than…
Empires in Exile: How Governments-in-Exile Shape Wars Without Borders
In a cramped London townhouse during the Blitz, the exiled leaders of Poland drafted communiqués to a homeland they could…
The New Balkans: How Fragmented States Become Testing Grounds for Global Powers
At the turn of the 20th century, the Balkans were derided as “the powder keg of Europe.” Great powers pressed…
Shadow Currencies: How Sanctions Create New Financial Empires
For decades, the U.S. dollar has served as the backbone of global commerce — the unit of account for oil,…
Sidewalk Apartheid: Why Infrastructure Still Divides Cities
In many American cities, inequality is not only visible in income charts or school test scores. It is etched into…
Empires in Orbit: The Geopolitics of Space Lanes
In the seventeenth century, Dutch East India vessels cut through contested seas, their sails heavy with spices and silver. These…