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Grand strategy, power transitions, military AI, political systems and institutional advantage.

Strategy · published

The Fan Club Has Captured the State

This was not ordinary anti-incumbency. It was the moment a cultural empire, built outside formal politics, suddenly became state power.

14 May 2026 · 10 min read
Strategy · published

The Kill Chain Has Been Privatised

Maven is not just a Palantir contract. It is the arrival of AI as permanent command infrastructure between sensor, target and strike.

13 May 2026 · 11 min read
Strategy · published

Palantir Did Not Sell Software to the State

Palantir is becoming the private cognition layer for states that can no longer convert information into action fast enough.

May 2026 · 10 min read