Tag Archives: colonialism

White Paper: Strategic Depth and Fragile Unity: Managing the Tensions Between Territorial Expansion and Internal Cohesion

Posted on December 11, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary States have long sought strategic depth—the acquisition or consolidation of geographic space that provides military buffer zones, control of transportation corridors, and protection of core population centers. Yet this expansion often incorporates peripheral regions with weak historical integration … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Phased Introduction of Earth Species for Terraforming a New World for Human Habitability

Posted on November 16, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Terraforming—transforming an extraterrestrial environment into one capable of supporting human life—requires more than altering atmosphere and temperature. It necessitates a carefully staged ecological construction project. Each stage introduces specific species (microbial, plant, fungal, invertebrate, and eventually vertebrate) that … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Comparative Ecology and Colonization Patterns — How the Presence of Dingoes in North Carolina Can Explain the Proliferation of Dingoes in Australia

Posted on November 13, 2025 by nathanalbright

Abstract This white paper examines the ecological, behavioral, and anthropogenic factors underlying the proliferation of dingoes in Australia by exploring a hypothetical or analogical case of dingo establishment in North Carolina. While no confirmed feral dingo population currently exists in … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Western Sahara Settlement and Moroccan Sovereignty: Implications for Global Conflicts

Posted on November 8, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The Western Sahara file moved sharply in late 2025 when the UN Security Council renewed MINURSO and—for the first time—explicitly framed Morocco’s 2007 autonomy plan as the basis for talks, a position long backed by the U.S. and … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Preservation of Older Language and Cultural Forms Among Settler Colonists: Implications for Identity Politics

Posted on September 25, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Settler colonists across history have frequently preserved linguistic and cultural forms that have diminished or disappeared in their countries of origin. This process occurs due to geographic separation, limited exposure to cultural change in the metropole, and the … Continue reading →

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On Failure To Launch, Or, No One Ever Is To Blame

Posted on March 19, 2025 by nathanalbright

Why Some Cultures Fail to “Takeoff”: An Exploration of Contributing Factors The concept of cultural “takeoff” refers to a society’s ability to achieve sustained economic growth, social development, and technological advancement, often transitioning from stagnation or traditionalism to modernity and … Continue reading →

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The Development and Origin of Colonial Urban-Rural Divides: A Global Analysis

Posted on December 21, 2024 by nathanalbright

Introduction The urban-rural divide that emerged through colonization represents one of the most profound and lasting impacts of colonial ventures on global development. This analysis examines how different colonial powers created and reinforced urban-rural divisions across their empires, establishing patterns … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Year 1000

Posted on September 8, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected The World–And Globalization Began, by Valerie Hansen At the core of this book there are at least two essential shortcomings. These shortcomings do not make the book impossible to enjoy; it remains an enjoyable … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Indigenous Continent

Posted on June 3, 2024 by nathanalbright

Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest For North America, by Pekka Hamalainen This book is, without exaggeration, perhaps one of the worst books on history I have ever read. There are several reasons for this, but they boil down to a … Continue reading →

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What’s So Bad About Being A Colonizer?

Posted on May 9, 2024 by nathanalbright

We live in a day and age where that which is seen as native and indigenous is celebrated and that which is seen as a settler or colonizer is disparaged. This ingrained bias is so intense and widespread that it … Continue reading →

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