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Globalism 2.0: The Underwriting Era Is Over

February 14, 2026

For nearly a century, the United States underwrote a global system built on open trade, expanding growth, and cheap efficiency. That era is ending. As demographics shift, strategic competition intensifies, and national security priorities harden, globalization is being reorganized around alignment, resilience, and conditional access. Globalism 2.0 isn’t collapse — it’s repricing. And the difference between panic and positioning is recognizing the shift before it becomes obvious.

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Why Ukraine matters to US interests and support should be maintained

September 30, 2023

The war in Ukraine is the best deal the American defense establishment has ever gotten. For a fraction of the annual defense budget, the US is degrading a primary adversary without losing a single soldier.

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Foreign Policy and Its Impact on Your Daily Life

February 6, 2023

You don't think about foreign policy when you fill your gas tank, buy groceries, or check your 401(k). You should. Because foreign policy is already thinking about you.

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Isolationism vs Internationalism: Weighing the Pros and Cons

January 30, 2023

The isolationism-vs-internationalism debate is a false binary that flatters both sides. America has never been either. It's been strategic — and forgetting that is how empires stumble.

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One Belt, One Road - What's the end game?

January 23, 2023

China isn't building roads. It's building dependencies. The Belt and Road Initiative is the most ambitious geopolitical project since the Marshall Plan — and it's designed to do the opposite.

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The Quad - The Fight for the Indo-Pacific

January 16, 2023

The Quad isn't an alliance. It's not a treaty. It's something potentially more dangerous to Beijing — four democracies that control every chokepoint China needs.

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The Rise of Civilization States

November 28, 2022

The nation-state was a revolutionary idea. It's also a recent one. And the forces that built it are now building something else entirely.

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In An American World

August 1, 2021

The American alliance system isn't just a collection of treaties — it's the most powerful geopolitical architecture ever constructed. Here's how it works.