Manuel Ramos' Substack

Looking back in hubris

An Exercise in Reverse Strategic Gaze

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July 2026

In Praise of the West

Show me a man such as princes commonly are: a man ignorant of the laws; an enemy of the public; intent upon private gain; taken to pleasure; against…

Jul 21 • Manuel Joao Ramos

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RECLAIMING THE THEFT MACHINE

A Kropotkinian critique of artificial intelligence

Jul 20 • Manuel Joao Ramos

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June 2026

THE CONSTRUCTION OF GUILT

AN ANALYSIS OF THE SKRIPAL AFFAIR

Jun 11 • Manuel Joao Ramos

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May 2026

Trump, The Kaufmanesque Con

Andy Kaufman’s performance art prefigured and enabled the political persona of Donald Trump

May 25 • Manuel Joao Ramos

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The Absolute Zero of Academic Authority

The UK FIRES Report and the Pathology of Impact

May 19 • Manuel Joao Ramos

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Who’s in Tatters Now?

Two LLM Dialogues on the Russia-Ukraine War

May 17 • Manuel Joao Ramos

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Convergent Zionisms

Millenarian Theology and the Militarization of Religious Law

May 11 • Manuel Joao Ramos

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April 2026

Can genocide be stopped?

Not trying is to be complicit in the destruction of Lebanon

Apr 11 • Manuel Joao Ramos

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The Condition of Undecidebility

Donald Trump's paradoxes are a rhetoric weapon

Apr 5 • Manuel Joao Ramos

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The tiny window of opportunity

April 3rd: a French-owned ship crossed the Strait of Hormuz.

Apr 3 • Manuel Joao Ramos

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March 2026

Neutrality Studies Weekly Recap #12

Mar 15 → Mar 21, 2026

Published on Pascal’s Substack (Neutrality Studies) • Mar 24