Brookings Institution

Geopolitika: Which Path to Persia?

Unmasking the Empire’s playbook on Iran—deconstructing an imperial program.

Critical Interpretation

Crossing into Deeper Waters: From Estrangement to Geopolitika

To see the surface clearly is to begin noticing what moves beneath it. Estrangement was the first crossing. Now the task is to chart the currents.

Propaganda

The Theatre of Power: A Casual Reflection

A grand production of illusion and control—where power hides behind velvet curtains and the crowd cheers for a script they never wrote.

Estrangement

Controlling the Narrative: Estrangement as Information Warfare

A discussion of how we can reclaim the family from the grip of information warfare.

Estrangement

Estrangement Ideology – Part 52. From Personal Rift to Cultural Rift

Mapping the meta-narratives: what’s behind the rise and normalisation of estrangement?

Estrangement

Estrangement Ideology – Part 51. Live Performances of Estrangement Ideology

Case studies in comment threads illustrating Estrangement Ideology in action.

Estrangement

Estrangement Ideology – Part 50. Licensed to Sever: Raised by Narcissists

How Raised by Narcissists enshrines Estrangement Ideology in therapeutic language.

Estrangement

Estrangement Ideology – Part 49. Gatekeeping the Narrative

Breakaway’s hit piece on Joshua Coleman and the fear of relational repair.

Estrangement

Estrangement Ideology – Part 48. Doctrinal Resources: Breakaway

How the EAK companion website, Breakaway, codifies and normalises “No Contact” and estrangement as a lifestyle.

Estrangement

Estrangement Ideology – Part 47. Ideological Roles within Online Estrangement Communities

An ethnographic look at user roles and ideological reinforcement on the EAK subreddit.

Estrangement

Estrangement Ideology – Part 46. Unearthing the Architecture: From Subreddits to Breakaway

A look into the estranged adult child online landscape.

Estrangement

Estrangement Ideology – Part 45. Ideological Defenders

Boundary maintenance: How ideological defenders police discourse without debate.