The Empires Strike Back · Article I · October 2025

The Empires Strike Back — Article I

Why power returns, and how democracies forget the lessons they once learned.

The series begins with a simple premise: power is rarely defeated outright. It recedes, adapts, and returns — and democracies are most vulnerable in the moment they believe the danger has passed.

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