November 21, 2022

Events

The Meddlers

In November 2022, Phenomenal World hosted a panel discussion on Jamie Martin’s new book The Meddlers. The text examines the origins of global economic governance following the First World War, looking at institutions such as the League of Nations and Bank for International Settlement.

The event featured Aaron Benanav, Adom Getachew, and Jamie Martin, and was moderated by Phenomenal World contributing editor Tim Barker. A recording can be viewed here.


What kind of Europe survives a fractured transatlantic military alliance?

This month, Trump entered into formal talks with Russia—without Kyiv’s consent—to settle the war in Ukraine, largely on Putin’s terms. And on Friday, speaking with Zelensky in the Oval Office,…

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The Wall Street Consensus under Trump

We often hear that the new Trump administration inaugurates the age of technofeudalism. But the gutting of USAID represents a continuity from the Biden years. DOGE is turbo-charging the lesser…

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Brunei’s unlikely path to independence

The majority of the nearly two hundred sovereign states that exist today were born through decolonization following the end of the Second World War. With the colonial metropole fearing the…

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