Essays
Long-form writing on international order, political theory, resistance, and the seams where software meets geopolitics.
Proximity, Method, and the Marginalization of Black Women in Political Thought
April 18, 2026
This essay argues that what separates stronger from weaker accounts in Black political thought is not proximity to experience, but whether gender is treated as structurally constitutive of the analysis—comparing Cooper, Wells, and Du Bois.
God, State, and Citizen: Individual Religiosity and Political Action in Post-Musharraf Pakistan
May 13, 2025
Using World Values Survey data across three waves, this paper examines whether individual religiosity became a stronger predictor of political participation in Pakistan after the fall of Musharraf's secular military regime.
The Racial House and Its Exits: Baldwin, Ellison, and Morrison on a World Beyond Race
May 13, 2025
A comparison of how Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison each envision a world free of racial hierarchy — and why Morrison's vision is the most plausible.
Art and Dissent: How Art Reflects American Politics and Decisions
April 21, 2025
An exploration of how art has historically reflected dissent, challenged injustice, and exposed the impacts of American political decisions.
Failure of the Liberal World Order
April 21, 2025
This essay explores the internal contradictions, geopolitical limitations, and multipolar pressures that challenge the foundations of the liberal international order.