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When people talk about world politics, they often frame it like a story about personalities and beliefs. Leaders are portrayed as heroes or villains. Nations are described as loyal friends or bitter enemies. Arguments focus on ideology, morality, and promises between governments. But if we step back and look at how countries actually behave over…

  When I say “geopolitics drove the Seven Years’ War,” I don’t mean leaders woke up angry and decided to fight.I mean the structure of geography and trade created pressure that made conflict increasingly likely. Empires do not expand randomly. They expand along rivers, across oceans, through ports, and toward wealth. By the mid-eighteenth century,…

We’re explaining one idea: The Seven Years’ War shows that finance is part of geopolitics — and that Britain’s credit system helped win the war while also creating the debt pressures that destabilized its empire. Here we go. Finance as Geopolitics: Britain, Credit, and the Seven Years’ War I. Introduction: Power Is Not Only Military…