Hyperpolitics: a world drenched in political spectacle and moral fervor but curiously devoid of lasting change. In the vacuum left by the decline of unions, parties, and civic ties, this book examines the fleeting viral movements and culture wars that dominate public life, amplifying outrage without building power. From Black Lives Matter to post-Cold War disillusionment, the author exposes how fragmented passions create spectacle rather than solidarity, leaving collective action adrift.

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar are weaponizing their sovereign wealth funds—not merely to diversify their fossil fuel-dependent economies but to expand geopolitical clout and influence. As this paper details, these funds pump billions into defense, media, sports, and tech, leveraging investments to exert hard, soft, and sharp power while projecting an “apolitical” image. Europe, eager to attract Gulf capital, faces growing risks: foreign policy clashes, tech and security vulnerabilities, and authoritarian strengthening.

Global climate efforts are failing because they focus on mitigating emissions instead of tackling the power imbalance between fossil and green asset owners. This piece unpacks how fossil fuel elites exploit arbitration systems, tax loopholes, and weak global rules to protect profits, stalling decarbonization. The solution, the author contends, is to shift the narrative to asset flow—tax fossil gains, dismantle legal shields, and empower green industries through robust industrial policy.

Amid rising global inequities and the silencing of progressive movements, this discussion scrutinizes the erosion of decolonization and justice within international development and aid sectors. The space for transformative dialogue is shrinking under government disinterest, organizational inertia, and public resistance to meaningful change. Decolonization demands dismantling colonial economic legacies like debt, trade systems, and extractive capitalism, alongside addressing internal institutional racism, inequities, and power imbalances.

U.S. efforts to control Venezuelan oil reveal a stark marriage of energy capitalism and state power, as Washington prioritizes access over sovereignty. Sanctions and interventions aimed at ousting Maduro highlight how declining oil profitability collides with geopolitical strategy. This dialogue suggests the push for control reflects a broader reshaping of global energy governance, driven by profit motives disguised as democracy promotion, while undermining Venezuela’s economic and political stability.

Reviving the Chicago School of Sociology demands more than cherry-picking its ideas; it requires a deep, interpretative dive into its unresolved tensions and conceptual depth. This paper argues that Robert E. Park’s pragmatist vision, often misunderstood, framed cities as dynamic spaces of transformation, not fixed systems. His use of naturalistic metaphors aimed to bridge biology and society, pushing sociology toward a nuanced human science. Revisiting this legacy, globally and critically, offers vital tools for rethinking urban life and social order today.

Education’s response to the climate crisis risks entrenching the very colonial-capitalist logics—like growthism and alienation—that fuel ecological destruction. Instead of narrowly fixating on climate change, this article calls for reimagining education itself. By embracing the principles of degrowth and reviving the commons, schools can shift from perpetuating exploitation to nurturing relationships that sustain both the planet and its people. Teaching can be a radical act of care, not consumption.

Dagan and Dorfman’s "Relational Justice" ambitiously extends private law theory into the transnational realm, arguing for corporate accountability to individuals in the Global South through a lens of “relational justice.” While this progressive step widens the scope of private law, this paper contends that their proposed framework risks clashing with existing international legal structures and values. By overlooking these complexities, their reliance on a revived "jus gentium privatum" may be both impractical and redundant.

Harriet Jacobs’s seven years in a cramped attic reveal, as this paper details, a powerful, overlooked form of resistance: “liminal fugitivity.” By staying near her enslaver to protect her children, Jacobs resisted the brutal logic of family separation that upheld slavery. This form of fugitive resistance, rooted in kinship and care, defied the systems of oppression from within. Liminal fugitivity challenges us today to rethink how we resist systems we cannot fully escape.

Femonationalism weaponizes gender equality to justify xenophobic policies, and this sleight of hand reshapes public opinion in troubling ways. This analysis of a survey of over 3,000 U.S. citizens reveals that anti-immigration individuals soften on gender issues, while pro-immigration voices embrace harsher assimilation demands—all rooted in rhetoric framing immigrants as threats to progressive values. This tactic exposes the malleability of ideology when liberal ideals are pitted against pluralism.