Weltinnenpolitik

The Hormuz blockade as an economic weapon

On the shifting world landscape of material coercion

Mar 17 • Nicholas Mulder

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February 2026

China’s Great Transformation

Part II: A review of Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian's latest book.

Feb 25 • Nicholas Mulder

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After the End of History interview with Mario Diaz-Perez

On geoeconomics and realism, financial hegemony, Grotius versus Locke, valuation and compensation, intellectual property, alum cartels, and more.

Feb 15 • Nicholas Mulder

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Two Great Transformations

Part I: A review of Branko Milanovic

Feb 3 • Nicholas Mulder

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January 2026

What I’m reading this January

Russian forests, Uganda, rubber famine, William Buckley, southern German states, revolutionary confiscation

Jan 22 • Nicholas Mulder

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A Tale of Three Islands

An anecdote about expropriation

Jan 16 • Nicholas Mulder

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November 2025

What I'm reading this November

Books, essays, reviews, etc.

Nov 25, 2025 • Nicholas Mulder

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Notes on Economic War and Peace I: Sanctions Relief

How to lift blockades, and why we need Détente Studies

Nov 20, 2025 • Nicholas Mulder

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Understanding the Neomercantilist Turn

A new book on the capitalism of finitude

Nov 8, 2025 • Nicholas Mulder

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The Paradox of Trump's Economic Weapon Revisited

Why U.S. coercion has been more effective against allies than adversaries

Nov 3, 2025 • Nicholas Mulder

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October 2025

American Expropriation: The TikTok Ban

Is the forced sale of the app about ownership or control?

Oct 27, 2025 • Nicholas Mulder

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What Friedrich List Can Teach Us About Export Controls

The balance of U.S. and Chinese Produktivkräfte

Oct 21, 2025 • Nicholas Mulder

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