Hegemon

Venezuela Is a Gift to Putin

and a harbinger of more Russian aggression in Europe

Jan 3 • Seva Gunitsky

65

23

19

December 2025

2025: Hegemonic Suicide and Other Innovations

Every generation, on reaching middle age, begins to see the world around them in decline in order to habituate themselves to their own decay.

Dec 28, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

50

7

18

How to monetize the rise of Medieval Peasant Brain

a short guide for the downwardly mobile elite

Dec 16, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

78

4

15

November 2025

Off With Their Heads

prosecuting your elected leader is good for the soul

Nov 6, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

11

3

2

October 2025

We are all deep in hell, each moment of which is a miracle.

Review: The Trouble With Being Born (1964)

Oct 2, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

14

3

3

August 2025

The Two Mearsheimers

the best argument against his Russia theory is in his own work

Aug 25, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

138

80

32

July 2025

Facts Will not Save You

AI, history, and Soviet sci-fi

Jul 31, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

42

6

6

June 2025

Teaching in the Age of AI

how I avoided a shitty semester

Jun 9, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

42

11

8

May 2025

Where are all the new states?

does the collapse of the liberal order give them a chance?

May 23, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

9

3

April 2025

Russia is both weak and strong - that's the problem.

It insists upon itself, Louis.

Apr 28, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

31

4

4

Geopolitics, But Make It Dumb and Personal

Why we should think seriously about Trump’s neo-feudal order—even if he doesn't.

Apr 3, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

36

3

13

November 2022

Russia After Putin

coup or casket, his exit will create a succession crisis

Nov 9, 2022 • Seva Gunitsky

9

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