Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
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The tariff era is going to be a real boom time for what @atossaaraxia.bsky.social calls the "hidden globe"
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July 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The tariff era is going to be a real boom time for what @atossaaraxia.bsky.social calls the "hidden globe"
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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
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that touches on great work by @ebharrington.bsky.social @nilsgilman.bsky.social @damianclavel.bsky.social @adambecker.bsky.social
@atossaaraxia.bsky.social
@naomikritzer.bsky.social
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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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July 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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-...
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-...
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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...
Hier lesen: bilder.deutschlandfunk.de/ba/63/0a/f4/...
Hier hören: www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/buchkritik-s...
June 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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...
Hier lesen: bilder.deutschlandfunk.de/ba/63/0a/f4/...
Hier hören: www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/buchkritik-s...
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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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May 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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...
New NRYB essay, many months in the making! www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
April 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New NRYB essay, many months in the making! www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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.
April 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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
April 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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
This brings me no pleasure but
April 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This brings me no pleasure but
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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.
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.
I wish I'd read the Oxford History of the Biblical World at Hebrew School. I wish I'd read it INSTEAD of going to Hebrew School. Just a totally new way to think about the Torah and what it means, I loved it, even if it is (as you may expect) painfully dry.
April 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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.
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Great book — even more relevant in 2025. Thanks @atossaaraxia.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Great book — even more relevant in 2025. Thanks @atossaaraxia.bsky.social
Of course.
Mining Company Seeks Trump Support to Shortcut Access to Seabed Metals
Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries worry industrial mining would harm oceans.
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March 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Of course.
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.)
Interesting parallel with Hungary who just implemented this possibility in its Basic Law. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Hungary threatens to expel dual nationals in 'defend sovereignty' push
The proposed amendment of the Hungarian constitution could result in the expulsion of Hungarians who hold nationalities from other countries if the government sees them as a danger to sovereignty. #Eu...
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March 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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.)
Gently reviving my substack (with subscriber chat!) open.substack.com/pub/terranul...
Terra Nullius | Atossa Araxia Abrahamian | Substack
betwixt & between. Click to read Terra Nullius, by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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March 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Gently reviving my substack (with subscriber chat!) open.substack.com/pub/terranul...
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"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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March 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"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
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?
www.theatlantic.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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...
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 🙃
March 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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…
March 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Yet again I would like to know if dual citizens of “red list” countries are banned or not banned…
3 percent of the population. Comoros to the rescue?
42,000 (!!) Kuwaitis stripped of their citizenship in just over six months #citizenshipdeprivation (gift link) on.ft.com/3DhetEB
The Gulf state purging tens of thousands of its citizens
Kuwait has stripped nationality from 42,000 people after suspending the region’s only parliament last year
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March 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
3 percent of the population. Comoros to the rescue?
Is there anything more embarrassing than voluntarily lining up for a $6 croissant at 8 am
March 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Is there anything more embarrassing than voluntarily lining up for a $6 croissant at 8 am
Not Campari!!!!! www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Campari warns of tariffs impact, sees 2025 as "transition year"
Italian spirits group Campari warned on Tuesday of the potential hit from U.S. tariffs in what it said would be a "transitional year" under its new chief executive.
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March 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Not Campari!!!!! www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Recall the perfect Sidney morgenbesser anecdote about this
March 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Recall the perfect Sidney morgenbesser anecdote about this
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Exciting news for tax evasion and money laundering!
March 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Exciting news for tax evasion and money laundering!
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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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March 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Other countries are going to start posting US travel advisories
I’m trying to move on with my life but this man won’t let me 😂
Paging @atossaaraxia.bsky.social
Trump: "We're gonna be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We're gonna put a price on that card of about $5 million and that's going to give you green card privileges, plus. It's gonna be a route to citizenship, and wealthy people will be coming into our country."
February 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I’m trying to move on with my life but this man won’t let me 😂