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Inside NATO, Outside the New Europe? Türkiye and the Risk of Strategic Exclusion
Financial Freedom: A Fallacy to Flee from Modernity’s Constraints
The core discipline of sociology emerged through its engagement with the social problems that surfaced in modernity. Not because prior social formations were closer to some ideal, but because human beings began to perceive themselves as subjects separated from their environment. This separation gave rise to ideals such as humanism and individualism, and enabled people...
This Time It Is Different: Civilisational Life Cycles, Societal Decline And Renewal
Humans are historically arrogant. The present, to us, is the most precious and important time, driven by interests, which, in turn, are based on our immediate needs. “Especially, these days…” is the motto of how we look at our times of living, thinking that today is the time where something has been the most, least,...
The Cultural Revolution in China, 1966–1976
The cultural revolution was a political movement in the People’s Republic of China that lasted, by the official reckoning later adopted by the Chinese state, from 1966 until 1976. Its full name in the documents of the period was the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Launched by Mao Zedong, then Chairman of the Communist Party of...
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Economy
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China Angola Yuan: Oil, Debt and Minerals
Angola has moved on multiple fronts to deepen its financial and resource ties with China, in a set of developments that together mark a structural shift in how one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest oil producers manages its currency reserves, finances its energy infrastructure and allocates its mineral wealth. The China-Angola yuan relationship has advanced from […]
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Global Oil Demand Set to Fall for First Time Since 2020
The International Energy Agency (hereinafter: IEA) has projected that global oil demand will record its first annual decline since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic suppressed consumption worldwide. The forecast, published in the IEA’s latest monthly oil market report and elaborated upon by IEA Director General Fatih Birol in...
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Financial Freedom: A Fallacy to Flee from Modernity’s Constraints
The core discipline of sociology emerged through its engagement with the social problems that surfaced in modernity. Not because prior social formations were closer to some ideal, but because human beings began to perceive themselves as subjects separated from their environment. This separation gave rise to ideals such...
Rene Lapuse
Essydo Essentials
See all Essydo EssentialsGame Theory in Political Science
Politics is, at its core, a matter of interaction. Voters respond to candidates, candidates respond to one another, states respond to the moves of other states and legislators respond to the rules under which they bargain. Whenever the outcome for one participant depends on what others choose to...
Emre Şentürk
The Monroe Doctrine
On 2 December 1823, President James Monroe delivered his seventh annual message to the Congress of the United States of America (hereinafter USA). Buried within a long routine address — much of it concerning fiscal accounts, post roads and tariffs on hemp — were several paragraphs that would,...
Emre Şentürk
The Global History of International Law
International law is the body of rules and principles that governs the conduct of states and, increasingly, of international organisations and individuals in their relations with one another. Unlike the law of any single state, it has no global legislature to enact it, no global police to enforce it and no court whose jurisdiction is […]
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Essydo Originals
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This Time It Is Different: Civilisational Life Cycles, Societal Decline And Renewal
Humans are historically arrogant. The present, to us, is the most precious and important time, driven by interests, which, in turn, are based on our immediate needs. “Especially, these days…” is the motto of how we look at our times of living, thinking that today is the time where something has been the most, least, […]
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The Power of Language: Essydo’s Hierarchy of Language
Every word is of the highest importance; regardless of whether it is written, spoken or thought. Language is one of the most powerful elements of our being, arguably even the most powerful of all. Language shapes our world as it is just as much the structure as the...
Emre Şentürk
The Death of Consumption
How much more can we buy? How much more content can we consume? How many more concerts and events can we visit? How many more vacations can we go on? Even though the quality and variety of products and services declined, with the deepening of globalisation and capitalism,...
Emre Şentürk
Philosophy
See all PhilosophyThis Time It Is Different: Civilisational Life Cycles, Societal Decline And Renewal
Humans are historically arrogant. The present, to us, is the most precious and important time, driven by interests, which, in turn, are based on our immediate needs. “Especially, these days…” is the motto of how we look at our times of living, thinking that today is the time where something has been the most, least, […]
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FOMO – The Fear Of Missing Out
The modern age offers us an unprecedented variety of opportunities for self-expression and personal development. It gives us the chance to shape a life that is entirely self-determined and free. Anyone can achieve anything; anyone can do anything. Modernity replaced feudal society and broke with the tradition that...
Rene Lapuse
Marx vs Marx
Karl Marx remains one of the most significant philosophers of the 19th century, exerting an influence that continues to shape the global political landscape, particularly through his critiques of society and economics. His seminal work, The Manifesto of the Communist Party (Marx & Engels, 1848), established the foundational...
Rene Lapuse
Politics
See all PoliticsSudan RSF Genocide: UN Findings and Global Response
United Nations investigators have determined that the conduct of the Rapid Support Forces (hereinafter: RSF) in Sudan’s civil war amounts to genocide, a finding that has intensified international scrutiny of the conflict now in its third year. The conclusion, published in July 2026, follows sustained documentation of mass...
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EU China Trade: October Deadline and Retaliation Risk
The European Union has set an October 2026 deadline for China to make tangible concessions on bilateral trade imbalances, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warning that the EU will retaliate if Beijing fails to meet the terms. The warning, issued in early July 2026, marks...
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Inside NATO, Outside the New Europe? Türkiye and the Risk of Strategic Exclusion
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (hereinafter: the NATO) Summit held in Ankara on 7-8 July 2026 projected institutional confidence. Allied leaders reaffirmed their commitment to Article 5, announced more than $50 billion in new defence procurements and presented greater European and Canadian responsibility as the foundation of a modernised Alliance. Formally, therefore, NATO did not […]
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Society
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Sudan RSF Genocide: UN Findings and Global Response
United Nations investigators have determined that the conduct of the Rapid Support Forces (hereinafter: RSF) in Sudan’s civil war amounts to genocide, a finding that has intensified international scrutiny of the conflict now in its third year. The conclusion, published in July 2026, follows sustained documentation of mass killings, sexual violence and the deliberate destruction […]
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Financial Freedom: A Fallacy to Flee from Modernity’s Constraints
The core discipline of sociology emerged through its engagement with the social problems that surfaced in modernity. Not because prior social formations were closer to some ideal, but because human beings began to perceive themselves as subjects separated from their environment. This separation gave rise to ideals such...
Rene Lapuse
This Time It Is Different: Civilisational Life Cycles, Societal Decline And Renewal
Humans are historically arrogant. The present, to us, is the most precious and important time, driven by interests, which, in turn, are based on our immediate needs. “Especially, these days…” is the motto of how we look at our times of living, thinking that today is the time...
Emre Şentürk