Shatterpoints Geopolitics

The Crisis of Competence

Elites do not suffer from the consequences of their failures, and so the masses clamor for reform.

Dec 15, 2024 • 

Nathan Carson

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November 2024

Returning to the Past

Does time change everything?

Nov 10, 2024 • 

Nathan Carson

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December 2023

Demographic Winter In The Twilight Years

We sit beneath the trees of which we did not plant, so why are today’s leaders hellbent on cutting down those trees to fuel their bonfire of vanities?

Dec 1, 2023 • 

Nathan Carson

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October 2023

A Few Fall Days

Millennials may not be young anymore, but our formative years were shaped by some of the most radical changes in American history.

Oct 6, 2023 • 

Nathan Carson

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July 2023

The Coming Reckoning of American Elites

American elite power is dependent on the commercial riches of globalization, so what happens when globalization fragments?

Jul 9, 2023 • 

Nathan Carson

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May 2023

Are Demographics Destiny?

While demographics are a powerful force, they do not dictate the future of globalization and modernity.

May 26, 2023 • 

Nathan Carson

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March 2023

Straddling The Precipice: Stagnation or Collapse?

Globalization might be ending, but that doesn't mean modernity will.

Mar 17, 2023 • 

Nathan Carson

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Shatterpoints Addendum: Hidden Fractures

Examining the structural stability of the Eurozone.

Mar 11, 2023 • 

Nathan Carson

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February 2023

A Roadmap To Globalization's End

The global system is primed for fragmentation, but chaos will reign before order is restored.

Feb 17, 2023 • 

Nathan Carson

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January 2023

Hegemony Is Globalization's Lifeblood

Without a global hegemon to maintain order, globalization cannot exist.

Jan 27, 2023 • 

Nathan Carson

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August 2022

American Foreign Policy: Interests or Ideologies?

Nations pursue core interests, elites pursue periphery interests.

Aug 19, 2022 • 

Nathan Carson

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June 2022

Forecasting: Lucky Guesses or Keen Insights?

Observations are a science. Predictions are an art.

Jun 24, 2022 • 

Nathan Carson

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