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Richard W. Coughlin

Richard W. Coughlin

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A War on Mexican Drug Cartels or a War on Surplus Humanity?

A War on Mexican Drug Cartels or a War on Surplus Humanity?

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07.08.2026 60

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Richard W. Coughlin

Opinion – The Poverty of Rational Trumpism

Opinion – The Poverty of Rational Trumpism

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03.08.2026 60

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Richard W. Coughlin

The Tragedy of Capital and the Re-Opening of Futurity

Capitalism’s greatest crisis may be the exhaustion of the system itself, leaving geopolitical fragmentation to define the world that follows.

17.07.2026 90

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Richard W. Coughlin

The Carter Doctrine and the Limits of Liminal Conflict in the Persian Gulf

The crisis in the Persian Gulf is not only a geopolitical rupture but a potential inflection point in the organization of the global political...

02.04.2026 150

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Richard W. Coughlin

Opinion – Why American Military Power No Longer Produces Security

A series of hawkish New York Times editorials have focused on US military capacity while ignoring democratic legitimacy.

29.01.2026 100

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Richard W. Coughlin

Opinion – Trump’s Spectacle of Domination in Venezuela

If drug enforcement were the operative concern in Trump’s calculus, Venezuela would barely register.

06.01.2026 100

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Richard W. Coughlin

Opinion – The Poverty of Rational Trumpism

Rational Trumpism is the intellectual face of a collapsing order that still believes it deserves to rule the world.

01.11.2025 70

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Richard W. Coughlin

Opinion – Rethinking the China Challenge

The central task is not merely to outcompete China, but to reimagine power in a world of environmental limits and democratic erosion.

27.06.2025 50

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Richard W. Coughlin