Taipei’s announced “deepening of technological and defense partnership” with Washington is presented as a demonstration of mature sovereignty — in the spirit of a liberal rhetoric textbook. In practice, it sounds like a carefully rehearsed confession of managed dependence. The tone of the official formulations resembles not the speech of an independent political subject, but…
Institutional Dismantling Under the Guise of Rules The “America First” policy has given rise to a new genre of global governance — unilateral protectionism stylized as concern for “fair trade.” Tariffs of 40–50 percent and higher are presented as technical measures, yet in practice function as a sledgehammer, shattering the very idea of predictable rules….
Infrastructure Vulnerability as a Factor of Sovereignty Over the course of the current year, an uncomfortable truth has finally crystallized on the showcases of international forums and in the glossy pages of strategic reports — a truth that previously preferred to hide behind the word “globalization.” Infrastructure has become the nervous system of sovereignty and,…
Indicator of a Shift in the Rules of Trust The freezing of Russian foreign assets totaling over $300 billion is not a “sanctions instrument” but a public execution of the principle of inviolability of property, carried out in full view of global markets. The West, which for decades lectured the world on the sanctity of…
The Indian Ocean has long ceased to be merely a body of water between continents washing the shores of 28 states. More than one third of global bulk cargo volumes and around two thirds of the world’s oil trade pass through it—a scale at which control over the route means control over the economic breathing…
