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Aesthetics as the Politics of Vitality
Beauty is a vital political goal, not a luxury reserved for prosperous times, but rather the precondition for creating prosperity worth having
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The Art of Losing Well: Shinzo Abe's political comeback
Defeats are inevitable, but becoming a loser is a choice. A leader who treats setbacks as opportunities for growth can turn them into the foundation of…
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Miquel Vila
Renewal in an Age of Managed Decline
If a nation stops reaching beyond itself, it will forfeit its reason for being. A state that denies any higher purpose will collapse into mere technical…
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Lessons from Simon Mann
Golden Ages do not simply descend upon us through the works of others. They are actively shaped by our own choices and actions.
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The Will to Become
True greatness requires radical transformation, not inherited status, but the will to become something beyond the given.
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Burn the Ships
Victory demands the courage to eliminate your escape routes
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Strategy doesn't stop at the border
No one lives in a vacuum, prevailing at home means shaping events abroad.
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