financial coercion
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Order Out of Chaos: The Architecture of Permanent Conflict

An independent analysis of the post-9/11 order, its institutional drivers, and the material consequences of hegemonic overreach Editorial Analysis | September 2026 The comment that Benjamin Netanyahu made on the evening of 11 September 2001, when asked by the New York Times what the attacks meant for relations between the United States and Israel, has… Continue reading
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China’s First Direct Rejection of U.S. Financial Jurisdiction

Why Beijing’s refusal to recognise American sanctions marks a structural shift in global financial power A legal border moved across the international system when China’s Ministry of Commerce instructed domestic firms not to recognise, enforce, or comply with United States sanctions against five Chinese refineries. Financial globalisation relied upon a silent assumption that American secondary… Continue reading
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