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The House of the Post-Colonial Spirits

Post-colonial echoes perfectly encapsulate all the wondrous things history has to offer to those whose minds are wise enough not to lose sight of the...

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Francisco Lobo

All Under Heaven: China’s Awakening

All Under Heaven: China’s Awakening

China has become skilled at waging lawfare to advance its interests in the Indo-Pacific through black legal ops, including what has been characterized...

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Francisco Lobo

The Silicon Conquistadors: Humanity and Digital Colonialism in the Age of AI

The Silicon Conquistadors: Humanity and Digital Colonialism in the Age of AI

We don’t have to wait for AI to develop self-awareness and (perhaps more unlikely) ethical self-control to have a serious conversation about the...

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America First, Humanity Second: Trump, MAGA, and American Imperialism Revisited

America First, Humanity Second: Trump, MAGA, and American Imperialism Revisited

The most powerful country in the world is dismantling the order it helped create and rekindling old ideas about spheres of influence and regional...

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Why We Fight: The Rules-Based International Order

Why We Fight: The Rules-Based International Order

There is a need to make sense of the post-World War 2 rules and institutions that stand both as a legacy of colonialism and at the same time a vehicle...

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Francisco Lobo

Existential Battles: Culture Wars and Real Wars

Existential Battles: Culture Wars and Real Wars

Since political violence, in particular war, is a quintessential instrument of colonialism, the praeter-colonial mind would be remiss not to inquire...

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The Reluctant Empire: The United States and America

The Reluctant Empire: The United States and America

America, the continent, has always been a place to welcome those who decided that staying put was not going to cut it.

09.11.2025 10

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Francisco Lobo

The Haves and the Have-Nots: The West, the Global South, and the Rest

The Haves and the Have-Nots: The West, the Global South, and the Rest

Perhaps it is time to retire the ‘West versus the rest’ framework in a similar way that some have advocated to drop the ‘post-Soviet’ label.

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Francisco Lobo

The Grand Inquest of the World: British Imperialism and Europe

The Grand Inquest of the World: British Imperialism and Europe

We don’t need to get rid of the British Museum, what we need is more British Museums around the world, where kids of all places can access this kind...

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Francisco Lobo

New Book – The Praeter-Colonial Mind: An Intellectual Journey Through the Back Alleys of Empire

New Book – The Praeter-Colonial Mind: An Intellectual Journey Through the Back Alleys of Empire

The Praeter-Colonial Mind attempts to understand the ways in which the lingering legacies of imperialism play a key role in today’s postcolonial...

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Francisco Lobo