Tag Archives: colonialism

The Survival Problem: Early French and British Settlement on the North Atlantic Seaboard, 1600–1635, in Comparative Perspective

Posted on October 2, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The settlements commemorated as the first lasting French and British footholds in North America after Saint Augustine (Port-Royal in Acadia in 1605, Jamestown in Virginia in 1607, Quebec in 1608, and Cupids in Newfoundland in 1610) are usually … Continue reading →

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White Paper 2 — Internal Colonialism: Labrador Focus

Posted on April 29, 2026 by nathanalbright

1. Executive Summary This paper argues that the relationship between Labrador and Newfoundland, and through Newfoundland the relationship between Labrador and Canada, meets the scope conditions for the term internal colonialism set out in Prolegomena §5.6, and that the term … Continue reading →

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Paper 9 — The Economic Turn: From Inheritance to Speculation, and the Entrance of Empire

Posted on April 23, 2026 by nathanalbright

I. What Thirteen Years Registered The two fragments bracket a period of economic transformation in England. Between the drafting of The Watsons in 1804 and the drafting of Sanditon in 1817, England fought and won the long war against Napoleonic … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Security Carve-Outs as the Shadow Constitution of International Law: How Exceptional Zones Quietly Override Sovereignty Without Abolishing It

Posted on February 18, 2026 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Across the modern international system, a recurring pattern appears wherever law collides with strategic indispensability: security carve-outs. These are territorial, legal, or administrative exceptions that preserve great-power operational control while maintaining the outward forms of sovereignty, decolonization, and … Continue reading →

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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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