AI arms race
From the DeepSeek Shock to the Anthropic Ban: Power Restructuring Across Compute, Models, and Governance
American expansionism
Trump’s territorial ambitions are not madness, but the latest iteration of the logic of American expansionism.
Chip War
From Transistors to EUV Lithography: A Technological War Defining the 21st-Century Power Landscape.
The Ukraine Endgame
The endgame of war is determined not by military victory or defeat, but by the sequence in which the parties reach their breaking point.
The Physical Limits of China's Economy
Where are the thermodynamic boundaries of the growth model when labor, debt, resources, and productivity simultaneously approach their limits?
A civilization masquerading as a state.
Deconstructing the "Civilization-State" Narrative: From Lucian Pye to Zhang Weiwei—How a Concept Was Inverted into a Mantle of Power.
The Global Drug Economy
A 55-Year, Trillion-Dollar Policy Failure: The Fentanyl Revolution, the Harm Reduction Pivot, and the Irreversible Evolution of Synthetic Drugs
The Economics of Desire
Data-Driven Landscape Analysis of the Adult Industry: 350 Million Visits Per Second, the Pyramid Structure of 4.6 Million Creators, and the Interplay Between AI and Regulation
Gambling Empire: Prohibitions and Windfall Profits
How a nation with a comprehensive gambling ban fuels the world’s largest gambling industry: From Macau’s VIP lounges to Northern Myanmar’s industrial parks, and from lottery stations to crypto casinos.
China's Property Market: Anatomy of a Collapse
Anatomy of the Formation, Bursting, and Endgame of China's Real Estate Bubble across Ten Dimensions.
The Thucydides Trap: 2026
A comprehensive comparison of U.S. and Chinese military power across the five domains of air, sea, land, space, and cyber, including an analysis of strategic support systems such as the defense industry, logistics, and alliances.