1/ A fun orientation point for current geopolitics is Vladislav Surkov's short story 'Without Sky' bewilderingstories.com/issue582/witho
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2/ Pair with piece 'Everyone is Special' about how all nations have an exceptionalism narrative the-american-interest.com/2013/02/12/eve
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3/ The whole idea of 'nonlinear war' of all against all via shifting alliances sounds at once old and Hobbesian and new and fifth-gen
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4/ For those who came in late, the idea is to destabilize liberal, soft-power institutions everywhere to advantage illiberal hard power ones
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5/ In the new world, so the supposed Russian exceptionalist narrative as constructed by Western analysts goes, the Strong Rule the Meek/Weak
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6/ The reactionary old component is to return to the nation-state as the dominant unit, in classic Westphalian form, circa 1800s Great Game
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