Shifting Models of Sovereignty in the Pacific
The ambiguous and evolving status of the Cook Islands and Niue holds lessons for other Pacific powers. Despite their best intentions, the Biden …
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Southeast Asia in BRICS Is Good for the Global Order
The club’s expansion affirms the Global South’s hedging strategy—and sends a message to the great powers. A vital region in the Global South—Southeast …
Data Sovereignty Wars Are Missing the Point
Data is the new oil. And while nations around the globe are renewing efforts to shore up this vital asset, tech companies are getting rich off it and using what they collect to fuel future artificial intelligence development. The question of who has access to the digital footprints of a nation’s …
The Rise and Fall Of The Largest Empires In History
Empires have risen and crumbled throughout history. But what were the largest and most powerful empires throughout history? Let’s take a look at the world’s biggest empires. We ranked them by the landmass they controlled at their height. The biggest empire in the world controlled a quarter of the world’s land. Can you guess what…
Episode #193 … The main export of the western world is trash. – Anarchism pt. 2
Today we talk about some of the work of Murray Bookchin. We talk about anarchism as a historical trend in human thought that keeps recurring. Then we talk about the superficiality of typical approaches to being environmentally conscious. We talk about Futurism and the hope of colonizing other planets. We talk about Artificial Intelligence and…
Why is Everyone Concerned About the WHO?
In a 6 to 3 ruling on the Murthy v. Missouri case, the Supreme Court ruled against me and my fellow co-plaintiffs, in effect rendering the US First …
France unveils draft ‘energy sovereignty bill’, with emphasis on nuclear
France’s main energy priorities for 2030 largely promote nuclear power as a way of ditching fossil fuels while failing to mention the EU’s renewable …
AI is quickly becoming a matter of national technological sovereignty
Listen to this podcast Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify As with many technologies that preceded it, generative artificial intelligence is …
The philosophy of anarchism, explained
When you think of anarchism, what comes to mind? Maybe you have some vague image of a punk rocker with the Circle-A symbol scratched into her jeans. Or some comic-book supervillain out to destroy the world that spurned him. Those are fun caricatures, but anarchism is actually a rich tradition of …
US has ‘concerns’ about Hungary’s ‘sovereignty’ law
The U.S. State Department released a statement expressing concern about Hungary’s adoption of a “Sovereign Defense Authority” law that contains …