Had a great conversation with Donavan Hohn about The Hidden Globe for the Lapham’s Quarterly podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on the Offshore World
Podcast Episode · The World in Time / Lapham’s Quarterly · 02/13/2026 · 1h 6m
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The tariff era is going to be a real boom time for what @atossaaraxia.bsky.social calls the "hidden globe" www.reuters.com/business/ins...
My recent essay review for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social that touches on great work by @ebharrington.bsky.social @nilsgilman.bsky.social @damianclavel.bsky.social @adambecker.bsky.social @atossaaraxia.bsky.social @naomikritzer.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The Private Fiefdom as Planetary Project | Los Angeles Review of Books
Raymond Craib reviews five new books to show that we ignore “Freedom Cities” and proprietary states at our peril.
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Habe gestern „Schmutzige Geschäfte im Niemandsland“ von @atossaaraxia.bsky.social in der "Lesart" von Deutschlandfunk Kultur rezensiert. Empfehle ich (mit kleinen Einschränkungen)! Hier lesen: bilder.deutschlandfunk.de/ba/63/0a/f4/... Hier hören: www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/buchkritik-s...
My @thetls.bsky.social review of @atossaaraxia.bsky.social and @ebharrington.bsky.social’s excellent new books on the offshore economy- www.the-tls.co.uk/politics-soc...
Competition is for losers
In an essay of 1946, George Orwell reminded readers that “to see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle”. In their complementary new books on the shadow global economy, the journalis...
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It’s interesting that when the UK tried to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda the conversation centered on its human rights treaties whereas in the US-El Salvador case it’s pretty much only about due process.
A couple of chapters in The Hidden Globe talk about offshoring migrants. It’s not a new practice and countries do all kinds of things to get away with it, but this is the most disturbing proposal I’ve seen
It was the perfect time to read The Hidden Globe by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, great book. If you pair it with How to Hide an Empire and Material World maybe you can start seeing what a sane US trade policy that actually helps normal people looks like.
Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio)@kleinman.bsky.social · last yr.Every Valley by Charles King is interesting enough but it doesn't QUITE match its ambition. As it turns out this one musical performance does not explain all of British society in the 18th Century but I still learned a lot.
Given Trump’s admiration of Orban, don’t be surprised if we see rhetoric like this in the US (fwiw it’ll be hard to pull off.)
Kati Cseres@katicseres.bsky.social · last yr.Interesting parallel with Hungary who just implemented this possibility in its Basic Law. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
"if Trump expects a flood of takers [for his $5m "gold card"], he has it backwards: The international rich aren’t trying to come here, so much as Americans are trying to get out." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... @atossaaraxia.bsky.social
Americans Are Buying an Escape Plan
Is it time for a second passport?
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I can’t buy you all second passports (sorry) but here is a gift link to my latest @theatlantic.com story on the great Americans hedge www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Americans Are Buying an Escape Plan
Is it time for a second passport?
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This citizenship industry report argues that global climate inaction is essentially leaving small and vulnerable countries no choice but to sell citizenship to finance resilience projects … it’s not wrong 🙃
Yet again I would like to know if dual citizens of “red list” countries are banned or not banned…
Is there anything more embarrassing than voluntarily lining up for a $6 croissant at 8 am
Recall the perfect Sidney morgenbesser anecdote about this
Chris Bertram@crookedfootball.bsky.social · 2y agoThe Hegelians are at it again ....
Exciting news for tax evasion and money laundering!
Other countries are going to start posting US travel advisories
German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
The young woman had planned to spend a month with a friend in Los Angeles and then fly home to Berlin. But she’s been in federal custody since late January.
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I’m trying to move on with my life but this man won’t let me 😂
My oped today. Trump's tariffs are about wrapping a harmful fiscal switch in a veneer of nationalism. Don't fall for it. What This Tariff War Is Really About www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Tariff War Is Being Fought to Lower Taxes for the Wealthy
President Trump is remaking the tax code to favor the well-off even more, and cloaking these changes in a veneer of nationalism.
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It’s finally above freezing temps and I am back on my bullshit: ordering yet another mosquito control device for our sad tiny square of outdoor space in Brooklyn 🥲
