Supply Chains

The geography of the periodic table is the new geography of power. In the 20th century, geopolitics was governed by the distribution of hydrocarbons; in the 21st, it is governed by the concentration of critical elements.

A historical exploration of how parasitic mechanisms in biology mirror geopolitical strategies of controlling complex supply chains through intermediary hosts.

Exploring how the Dicrocoelium parasite uses multiple hosts in a coordinated supply chain, mirroring geopolitical strategies of multi-host control.

A critical analysis of how the green energy transition is creating new forms of concentrated power across minerals, technology, capital, geopolitics, and social inequality.

Exploring the origins of networks in ancient empires.

Examining how global supply chains displace costs and risks to maintain the illusion of seamless delivery.

Exploring how the pursuit of frictionless efficiency in logistics, labor, and governance creates societies that are optimized for performance but fragile under stress.

What your dinner plate reveals about markets, power, and the future of work. A series exploring how everyday foods expose the hidden forces shaping our economy—from the care economy to corporate power, from automation to trade wars.

Investigate the human and environmental toll of mining critical minerals for electric vehicles, exposing how clean driving shifts burdens to vulnerable communities in the Global South.

The conventional narrative of a flattened world misses the true story of concentrated commerce and regional power blocs. A series examining how globalization is actually regionalization.