Long-form essays that examine the hidden structures beneath money, technology and identity, from institutional accounts and payment access to the global politics of the World Cup. Readers get a conceptual framework, with some reporting and data, for thinking about who is granted standing to act in modern systems.
Website: https://www.hiddensurface.org/
Essays on the politics of technology, covering topics such as semiconductor supply chains, AI debates and the incentives of online publishing platforms. Readers get a political economist's reading of how technology and institutions shape each other.
Kasurian publishes long-form essays on history, literature and political economy, examining how civilisations and industries are built and how they fail. Recent issues cover Joseph Conrad and colonialism, a Bukharan Jadid reformer in Afghanistan, and Morocco's automotive industrial policy.
Essays on the political economy and geopolitics of advanced AI, covering industrial strategy for middle powers, government oversight of frontier labs, and the policy implications of datacenter buildout. Each issue develops a single argument with a clear policy recommendation.
Analysis of how government decisions in the U.S. and Europe are shaping AI, cloud and other digital-stack markets, with a focus on policy mechanisms such as kill switches, release pacing and tech sovereignty. Each issue walks through specific bills, executive orders and regulatory moves and what they mean for industry.
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