The Hamiltonian Mirage

What Built an Empire in 1790 Won’t Save It in 2026 “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.”— Thomas Jefferson When the Trump administration—and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in particular—began invoking Alexander Hamilton as the blueprint for a new American economic order, I…

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Welcome to West Asia

How the Law of Reversal Is Remaking the Middle East “The Middle East is no more. Welcome to West Asia.” —Mohammed Soliman The post-Cold War regional order has entered a period of systemic collapse. That’s the verdict from Mohammed Soliman, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and one…

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