geopolitics

Trump's India Tariff Bullshit: Maximum Political Theater, Minimal Strategic Impact 🎭

A new EO targeting New Delhi for Russian oil buys undermines our strategic interests while doing nothing meaningful to counter the Kremlin

Aug 6 •

Tattooed for War: How Pete Hegseth's Extremist Ideology Is Sabotaging Ukraine

The Defense Secretary's bizarre body art predicted his chaotic leadership and pro-Putin policies

Jul 11 •

'Not Joking': Trump's Third-Term Strategy and 20 Global Precedents

How presidents from Belarus to Venezuela have rewritten the rules to stay in power—and why America might not be immune

Apr 5 •

Update: The Trump Administration Just Disregarded a Court Order to Stop Deportations

Axios reports the "White House is not denying it ignored the judge's order".

Mar 17 •

2025, or The Administrative Art of Persona Non Grata

Facing a world in which the extraordinary will become ordinary, and the ordinary may become impossible

Nov 12, 2024 •

Russia's Information Warfare: What Is It?

Learn how the Kremlin uses lies to manipulate events & erode trust.

Sep 19, 2024 •

Julian Assange: Journalist, or Russian Asset?

Review the facts–decide for yourself.

Apr 18, 2024 •

Telegram Remains a Haven for Hate Speech Shielded by Corporate Secrecy

We know too little about the platform providing 'bulletproof' chat services to the Internet's worst actors

Dec 1, 2023 •

From SLAPP to SAAPP: Evolving Tactics in Silencing Public Voices

In which I propose we coin new terminology.

Nov 15, 2023 •

EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it…

Aug 16, 2023 •

The OP_RETURN Vigilante: How Russian Military Bitcoin Addresses Were Doxed

On April 26, 2023, the blockchain analytics company Chainalysis published an eye-opening technical analysis of a fascinating event which occurred in…

May 11, 2023 •

Twitter Has Completed Its Transformation to an Information Warfare Platform

Beware the blue checks.

May 8, 2023 •

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