Nationcraft Analysis: Brazil Renewal Deficit 2026
The Renewal-Deficit Trap: a Nationcraft analysis of why Brazil's courts can jail a coup-plotting ex-president yet never renew…
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Nationcraft Analysis: Bulgaria Euro Anchor Trap 2026
A Nationcraft read on Bulgaria's Borrowed-Anchor Trap: the euro anchored the currency, but eight elections in five years…
Nationcraft Analysis: Senegal Tandem Trap 2026
The Faye-Sonko tandem won Senegal's presidency and parliament, then split over the IMF. A Nationcraft reading of the…
No, I Didn’t Design Ukraine’s Drone Warfare Game. Here’s Why It Works Anyway.
Ukraine's Army of Drones e-points system gamifies war: points for verified strikes, spent on drone upgrades. Yu-kai Chou…
Nationcraft Analysis: Tunisia Sovereignty Trap 2026
Tunisia's Nationcraft profile: why rejecting the IMF for financial sovereignty and printing dinars traps the very solvency it…
Nationcraft Analysis: Romania Austerity Trap 2026
Romania cut the EU's largest deficit in 2025, then toppled the government that did it. A Nationcraft diagnosis…
From a Cancelled Meeting with President Zelenskyy to Co-Founding reSTATE
How a 2021 invitation to meet President Zelenskyy became reSTATE, the non-profit I co-founded with Igor Novikov and…
Nationcraft Analysis: Niger Sovereignty Trap 2026
Niger seized its uranium and expelled the West, yet its leverage keeps falling. A Nationcraft read of the…
Nationcraft Analysis: Iraq Rentier Trap 2026
Iraq holds the region's richest oil yet its weakest effective sovereignty. A Nationcraft V-vector diagnosis of the Rentier…