Mona Ali
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While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Transition Security Project
transitionsecurity.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
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An illuminating and incisive interview with @mona-ali.bsky.social on dollar dominance.
“The dollar is perhaps the preeminent source of US hegemony. Like dark matter in the physical universe, dollar balance sheets are largely invisible to the public eye. They exist mainly in private hands.”
“The dollar is perhaps the preeminent source of US hegemony. Like dark matter in the physical universe, dollar balance sheets are largely invisible to the public eye. They exist mainly in private hands.”
Who Benefits From the Dollar’s Dominance?
The US dollar is used by governments and investors around the world for trade and as a safe asset. Jacobin asked economist Mona Ali if Donald Trump’s tariffs are destroying trust in the currency and w...
jacobin.com
July 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
An illuminating and incisive interview with @mona-ali.bsky.social on dollar dominance.
“The dollar is perhaps the preeminent source of US hegemony. Like dark matter in the physical universe, dollar balance sheets are largely invisible to the public eye. They exist mainly in private hands.”
“The dollar is perhaps the preeminent source of US hegemony. Like dark matter in the physical universe, dollar balance sheets are largely invisible to the public eye. They exist mainly in private hands.”
Wrote about the triangulation between external debt, energy infrastructure, and sovereignty. Thanks very much to Colin Powers for his brilliant editing. noria-research.com/mena/debt-en...
Debt, Energy, and Sovereignty: Past and Present - Middle East & North Africa
Introduction The financial and trade warfare launched by western allies on Russia after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was unquestionably unprecedented, yet the triangulation between external deb...
noria-research.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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@phenomenalworld.bsky.social still very actual this from @mona-ali.bsky.social re-echo De Cecco analysis on sterling power (no it was not the gold standard) and fall of status as global currency. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/reg...
Regime Change? | Mona Ali
On the evolution of dollar hierarchy from Bretton Woods I to the present, and the weaponization of the world dollar.
www.phenomenalworld.org
February 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
@phenomenalworld.bsky.social still very actual this from @mona-ali.bsky.social re-echo De Cecco analysis on sterling power (no it was not the gold standard) and fall of status as global currency. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/reg...
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Like the Sally Rooney school of political economy? www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p.... Then here's a reader just for you with two brilliant essays on capitalism and the climate crisis and much more besides. www.routledge.com/Radical-Poli...
Sally Rooney: When are we going to have the courage to stop the climate crisis?
Capitalism is driving the destruction of our planet. We have to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system
www.irishtimes.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Like the Sally Rooney school of political economy? www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p.... Then here's a reader just for you with two brilliant essays on capitalism and the climate crisis and much more besides. www.routledge.com/Radical-Poli...
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Full moon, Seoul late afternoon, happy impeachment day everyone
December 14, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Full moon, Seoul late afternoon, happy impeachment day everyone
Vista above the traffic jam
December 10, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Vista above the traffic jam
Like the Sally Rooney school of political economy? www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p.... Then here's a reader just for you with two brilliant essays on capitalism and the climate crisis and much more besides. www.routledge.com/Radical-Poli...
Sally Rooney: When are we going to have the courage to stop the climate crisis?
Capitalism is driving the destruction of our planet. We have to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system
www.irishtimes.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Like the Sally Rooney school of political economy? www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p.... Then here's a reader just for you with two brilliant essays on capitalism and the climate crisis and much more besides. www.routledge.com/Radical-Poli...
I love how giggly this conversation amongst cosmologists is: on Newton’s legacy, sheets in spacetime, wormholes and other excitements of the universe.
November 26, 2024 at 9:21 PM
I love how giggly this conversation amongst cosmologists is: on Newton’s legacy, sheets in spacetime, wormholes and other excitements of the universe.
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Nile River delta at night | NASA
November 24, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Nile River delta at night | NASA
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November 24, 2024 at 1:28 AM