The hottest Imperialism Substack posts right now

Reading and listening resources curated for sharing on Fridays, with a mix of links and other content sources.
Challenges facing net-zero targets, particularly on assumptions about oil, gas, and coal use, leading to necessary revisions by companies and financial services.
Discussion on imperialism, US involvement in wars abroad, and the relationship to capitalism, highlighting war as a significant economic driver in certain contexts.

Changes that should have happened seventy-five years ago are still outstanding.
The West is running late with little time to waste.
The West must start seeing the world as it is, not through the crippled vision of war mongers and megalomaniacs.

Russia is the largest country in the world, occupying one-tenth of the land on the entire planet.
Russia's size can be attributed to historical, geographic, and political factors, with territories inherited from the Soviet Union and acquisitions throughout history.
Russia's vast territories were relatively easier to expand into due to low population, geography, and historical events like the imperial expansion from the medieval era to the Soviet era.

The West's historical foundation of liberal democracy places limits on the power of the popular vote
Left-wing movements might support Muslims, but often focus on a racialist viewpoint rather than a true belief in solidarity
The Right has historically opposed Muslims based on race or xenophobia, despite recent attempts to build bridges

There is little data to support tracking or curbing carbon emissions tied to consumption or industrialized activities.
Blindly phasing out fossil fuels could lead to economic dislocation and food shortages.
Green tech, conservancies, and mining are interconnected and can perpetuate imperialism through different means.

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An empire is like a national manic episode—full of grandiosity, recklessness, and the conviction that disaster only happens to other people.
Contemporary American imperialism often prefers killing and high-tech force over negotiation, treating other states as disposable and old rules as meaningless.
That approach shreds societies, breeds chaotic militias and state collapse, and produces unpredictable blowback that ultimately harms global stability and the empire itself.