The Business of Power

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

Jun 16 • 

Miquel Vila

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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…

Jun 1 • 

Miquel Vila

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May 2025

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…

May 25 • 

Miquel Vila

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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.

May 11 • 

Miquel Vila

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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.

May 4 • 

Miquel Vila

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April 2025

To Get Rich is Glorious

Societies flourish when wealth is seen as a virtuous pursuit tied to creative power, and decline when wealth is treated with suspicion and resentment.

Apr 28 • 

Miquel Vila

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Burn the Ships

Victory demands the courage to eliminate your escape routes

Apr 20 • 

Miquel Vila

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Strategy doesn't stop at the border

No one lives in a vacuum, prevailing at home means shaping events abroad.

Apr 14 • 

Miquel Vila

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Victory Must Be Absolute

Secure power first, everything else comes later. A leader can only afford magnanimity when their position isn't on the line.

Apr 6 • 

Miquel Vila

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March 2025

The War of the Allies

A power that outgrows its origins must adapt or be torn apart by those who rely on it

Mar 31 • 

Miquel Vila

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November 2024

2024: President Trump's comeback

Geoeconomic implications of Donald Trump’s return to office.

Nov 6, 2024 • 

Miquel Vila

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March 2024

Erdogan in the Horn of Africa BoP Brief #10

Erdogan in Somalia. A conversation with Peter Ryan. Does Xi's China have a good story? My new book is out!!

Mar 13, 2024 • 

Miquel Vila

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