The simple fact of the matter is that the raison d'être of the “deep state” since its advent soon after World War II was to thwart the Sino-Russian alliance from taking over at least two-thirds of the world’s surface area through around-the-clock global interventionism. Yet, and as we find today, neither the Sino-Russian alliance could … Continue reading Sixth Note to “The Nixon Doctrine”
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Fifth Note to “Jew Hater”
And of course, if we go even further to seek a distillation of the final analysis, we have “World System Analysis” which was figureheaded by the late Janet Abu Lughod and the late Immanuel Wallerstein, both of whom were American Jews. We have the “World System Analysis” of Abu Lughod and Wallerstein on top of … Continue reading Fifth Note to “Jew Hater”
Studying a System in Transformation
In short, world history is a history of world systems, and the two basic pillars of world systems are accumulation and hegemony-rivalry. Our world system happens to be going through restructuring and transformation. In fact, all world systems are always in a state of evolution and change. They are never static. Also, the world system … Continue reading Studying a System in Transformation
Hegemonic Transitions
Psychoanalysis is at the heart of our analysis of institutions and systems as well. Institutions and systems also comprise of social relations, and social relations are hegemonic in nature. In turn, we are going through what one could call a “hegemonic shift” or a “hegemonic transition” in the international system as a whole. The first … Continue reading Hegemonic Transitions
Adam A. Azim 