AI inversion. I asked my local LLM to introspect and join up what I’d been thinking the last four years
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Blog posts
2026
2025
Negotiating an Inelastic US: Why G-minus is the Realist Outcome
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Negotiating an Inelastic US: Why G-minus is the Realist Outcome
IMF got me rethinking multilateralism: How nations need to worry about aligning incentives, not about size or power
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IMF got me rethinking multilateralism: How nations need to worry about aligning incentives, not about size or power
Economic Development Needs To Be More Than Just Capacity Building
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Economic Development Needs To Be More Than Just Capacity Building
Multilateralism Can Survive the Loss of Consensus
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Multilateralism Can Survive the Loss of Consensus
Pricing the China Shock: The Unintended Consequences of Sectoral Trade Protectionism
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Pricing the China Shock: The Unintended Consequences of Sectoral Trade Protectionism
Dealing with a Two-Shock International System
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Dealing with a Two-Shock International System
Resilience through cooperation: With or without multilateral consensus
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Resilience through cooperation: With or without multilateral consensus
Boao Forum: The Tragedy of Multilateralism for the Global South
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Boao Forum: The Tragedy of Multilateralism for the Global South
Echoes of an Alternate “Might Makes Right” History of Betrayal
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Echoes of an Alternate “Might Makes Right” History of Betrayal
Geopolitics is an amplifier platform for economics. But the tradeoff between them is a false promise.
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Geopolitics is an amplifier platform for economics. But the tradeoff between them is a false promise.
Economic development doesn’t happen in a vacuum of multilateralism
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Economic development doesn’t happen in a vacuum of multilateralism
2024
A Two-Shock Model for Indo-Pacific Geopolitical Order
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A Two-Shock Model for Indo-Pacific Geopolitical Order
The Quiet Unassuming Origins of China’s EV Industry
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The Quiet Unassuming Origins of China’s EV Industry
Bretton Woods from UNCTAD
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Bretton Woods from UNCTAD
America as no. 2
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America as no. 2
It’s not quantity, inequality, or the trade deficit. It’s price.
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“It’s not quantity, inequality, or the trade deficit. It’s price.”
EV Overcapacity
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EV Overcapacity
Small State Leadership: Bretton Woods at 80
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Small State Leadership: Bretton Woods at 80
World Order with Multipolarity and Multilateralism
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World Order with Multipolarity and Multilateralism
2023
Semiconductor Math
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Semiconductor Math
In Geopolitics, the World is now Epic Fail, and that’s Beyond Just Zero-Sum
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In Geopolitics, the World is now Epic Fail, and that’s Beyond Just Zero-Sum
Is the Platform Worker the Future of Workers?
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Is the Platform Worker the Future of Workers?
Shifting the Great Powers
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Shifting the Great Powers
Be Competent. Be Ethical.
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Be Competent. Be Ethical.
How Was the Change from Working in the West?
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How Was the Change from Working in the West?
Weiming Future History
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Weiming Future History
Talking About Trust. Edelman Trust Barometer report 2023
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Talking About Trust. Edelman Trust Barometer report 2023
PWAC battle stories
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PWAC battle stories
Donnie Yen and Freedom of Speech at the Oscars
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Donnie Yen and Freedom of Speech at the Oscars
Neemrana by CSEP, and that other Thucydides
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Neemrana by CSEP, and that other Thucydides
LSE China Development Forum 2023
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