Prof. Tahir Abbas·Jan 18When the Rules-Based Order Meets Cognitive Capitalism: Greenland and the Twilight of AtlanticismThe photograph is almost too perfect: Danish soldiers disembark in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, as European foreign ministers convene in Oslo…
Prof. Tahir Abbas·Jan 13The Khaldunian Moment: Why a 14th-Century Scholar Saw America’s Decline ComingSeven centuries ago, as the Black Death ravaged Eurasia and the Mongol empires dissolved into squabbling khanates, an exiled Tunisian…
Prof. Tahir Abbas·Jan 13The Predator State: How American Power is Mutating While No One Was LookingSomething strange is happening to American hegemony. It’s not collapsing—not in the way the declinists of the 1980s predicted, with…
Prof. Tahir Abbas·Jan 11Between Siege and Revolt: Why Iran’s Current Crisis Defies Simple NarrativesAs Iran enters its third week of nationwide protests in early January 2026, with at least 116 deaths and 2,600 detentions documented by…
Prof. Tahir Abbas·Jan 8A Cock-Up, Not a ConspiracyThe controversy surrounding the West Midlands Police (WMP) decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Villa Park is running and running…
Prof. Tahir Abbas·Jan 5It’s Not Just Ideology: Why We Need to Talk About the “Tipping Point” of RacismWe have been telling ourselves a specific story about terrorism and extremism for a long time. The story usually goes like this: there are…
Prof. Tahir Abbas·Jan 4The Petrodollar Hegemony and the Brazen Theft of the Oil of VenezuelaThe geopolitical landscape of South America underwent a seismic transformation on 3 January 2026. The military of the United States…
Prof. Tahir Abbas·Jan 1Islam in Britain: Debunking Myths and Navigating ModernityIt seems that there are clearly quite a few myths that need to be debunked in relation to understanding the position and role of Islam in…
Prof. Tahir Abbas·Dec 31, 2025The Centre Cannot Hold: Reflections on 2025I present a grim assessment of the geopolitical and social landscape in 2025, focusing primarily on the decline of British and American…
Prof. Tahir Abbas·Dec 28, 2025The Contested Meanings of Zionism in Modern DiscourseWe are currently witnessing a dangerous fragmentation of language where meanings do not merely slip past one another but collide with…
