This article, first posted in February 2023 as Part 3 of the Nations Under Attack series, examines narrative as one of the most powerful weapons in modern warfare. Building on Part 1’s overview of elite resource grabs and transnational capitalist dominance, and Part 2’s anatomy of the US
This part of the Nations Under Attack series was first posted in February 2019 and reflected my understanding at that point concerning how what I prefer to call the US War Machine works as an instrument of what I was then referring to as the “Transnational Capitalist Class.” This focus
I'm taking a break from the Personal Perspectives series I started a few weeks ago, to take stock of recent events in the middle east. I have to confess that the scenes of death and destruction have left me stunned and dismayed—much as I was only a
My first real awakening—that the world was not as orderly or benevolent as I had been taught—came not from books or distant headlines, but from living inside a place that proudly called itself a young democracy while quietly demonstrating what that word could mean under firm hands. In
In my Mindwars article “Are System-Trusting Beliefs Harmless?”, I posed a thought experiment—a parody of a serious psychological study on conspiracy theories, in which academics use the Conspiracy Mentality Questionnaire (CMQ) to argue that significant harms stem from those who believe in conspiracy theories. I reverse the question:
This post marks a deliberate shift in direction. For the past year, my weblog (at Substack and now at Ghost) has moved through distinct phases: beginning with an exploration of “estrangement ideology,” then transitioning into the Mindwars and Geopolitika series. This work extended to recount my understanding how global societies
The object on the table—Understanding and improving sanctions today—isn’t from a random journal. It comes out of Chatham House—heir to the old imperial Round Table networks (mapped by historians like John Kendle in his work on British federalism) and still one of the main switchboards where
In global politics, few obsessions have proven as enduring—or seemingly as bizarre—as Donald Trump’s fixation on Greenland. As of January 2026, the former president, now back in the White House, has escalated his campaign with a “framework” deal announced at Davos, aiming to secure U.S. access
If you’ve been following the headlines in early 2026—from Hong Kong’s national security trial against former vigil organisers, to Beijing brushing off UN concerns over forced labour in Xinjiang, to rescue ops near Scarborough Shoal and fresh U.S.–China friction over TikTok’s joint-venture workaround—
Narratives are the scaffolding in the architecture of information warfare. They don't just report events—they script consent, naturalise alliances, and divert attention from material flows. To dismantle them, we need tools that cut through the spectacle to the power functions beneath. Enter the UNDP-FHA Fusion Protocol
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A decade of papers from one conspiracy theory theorist’s circle doesn’t just “explain” why people believe conspiracies—it builds a psychometric machine that traps political suspicion inside personality scores, ready for platforms, policymakers and “resilience” programmes. Over the last ten years, if you’ve seen a sober explainer
The raid that took Nicolás Maduro and his wife out of Caracas was over in hours. There were explosions, statements, grainy footage and angry press conferences. Depending on who you ask, it was either a precision rescue of Venezuelan democracy, a naked act of imperial violence, or something in between.