The tariff era is going to be a real boom time for what @atossaaraxia.bsky.social calls the "hidden globe" www.reuters.com/business/ins...

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-...

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...

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...

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

This brings me no pleasure but

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.

Great book — even more relevant in 2025. Thanks @atossaaraxia.bsky.social

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.)

Gently reviving my substack (with subscriber chat!) open.substack.com/pub/terranul...

"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...

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…

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

Not Campari!!!!! www.reuters.com/business/ret...

Recall the perfect Sidney morgenbesser anecdote about this

Exciting news for tax evasion and money laundering!

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 😂

My oped today. Trump's tariffs are about wrapping a harmful fiscal switch in a veneer of nationalism. Don't fall for it. What This Tariff War Is Really About www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

It’s finally above freezing temps and I am back on my bullshit: ordering yet another mosquito control device for our sad tiny square of outdoor space in Brooklyn 🥲

lol

In another disquietingly timely episode, we're joined by @atossaaraxia.bsky.social, author of THE HIDDEN GLOBE, to talk mini-storage for zillionaires, roll-your-own-courts, the Trump International Gaza, #zoneszoneszones, and Space: the Ultimate Offshore. Listen => open.spotify.com/episode/2yP8...

I have a piece at the LRB blog on the UK government's intention to permanently block refugees from citizenship.

"Crack-Up Capitalism": Historian @quinnslobodian.com on Trump, Musk & the Movement to "Shatter" the State

Oh come on gothamist.com/news/gov-hoc...

Next Friday, 2/21, join Atossa Abrahamian on her new book The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World. In conversation with Vanessa Ogle, Christy Thornton, and Suzy Hansen. RSVP here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Or join us via Zoom: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Thoughtful piece @atossaaraxia.bsky.social on Trump's global agenda: "(he) treats the nations of the world less as sovereign, independent nations than as sites of arbitrage, evasion, and extraction. Call it “national globalism”: the pursuit of extraterritorial space to advance American interests."

National globalism includes but isn’t confined to: sending migrants to Gitmo, using third countries as deportee prisons, pledging to build “freedom cities”, trying to take over Greenland, buying the Panama Canal, gutting the FCPA, and ending birthright citizenship www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

National globalism includes but isn’t confined to: sending migrants to Gitmo, using third countries as deportee prisons, pledging to build “freedom cities”, trying to take over Greenland, buying the Panama Canal, gutting the FCPA, and ending birthright citizenship www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I wrote about Trump’s foreign policy of National Globalism for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

One nation united in its contempt for Eric Adams

Bipartisanship! www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

A profile of Jean Ziegler, Switzerland’s most famous leftist, who chauffered Che, befriended with Sartre and Beauvoir, antagonized his compatriots and got sued more times than I can count 🌹🇨🇭🌐

Can anything make you doubt your existence more than filling out forms?

This is really good

I went on Intelligence Squared to talk about The Hidden Globe podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... 🇬🇧 edition comes out Feb 20!

The latest extraterritorial detention scheme, courtesy of Rubio & Bukele apnews.com/article/migr...

Bostonians, this is tomorrow at BU! With @quinnslobodian.com, naturally

I loved @atossaaraxia.bsky.social’s description of Swiss mercenaries who carried their home law with them as «belligerent snails», and it immediately came to mind

Chicago friends: I'm asking Atossa Abrahamian @atossaaraxia.bsky.social questions about her brilliant new book next Thursday. Please come!