Selected articles, essays and media appearances exploring geopolitics, political recalibration, institutional change and the shifting dynamics of global power.
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Explore Speaking TopicsWith contributions and conversations alongside Daron Acemoglu, David Goodhart, Matthew Goodwin, Jonathan Haidt, Eric Kaufmann and Luigi Zingales.
Brolin explores today's transitional period of tribal anger and doom-laden sentiment. Despite the turbulence, recalibration through trial and error leads to a more stable equilibrium.
Focus: transition periods, institutional incentives, and decision-making under uncertainty.
Regular analysis on current affairs through a data-driven lens that balances risks and opportunities. Focus on signal detection, strategic implications, and decision context for business and policy leaders.
How platform dynamics shape public trust, organisational cohesion and decision environments.
A structural read on capacity, timelines and implications for energy, commodities and security exposure.
Why the strategic question is timelines, constraints and organisational readiness — not headlines.
A comparative lens on reinvention capacity, institutional speed and long-term strategic power.
A closer look at Russia’s relationship with India reveals asymmetry rather than strength, with optics often masking underlying dependency and limitation.
Why current narratives misread the balance of power in the Middle East, overlooking longer-term structural shifts and emerging winners.
Commentary on whether the tech layoff cycle is ending — and what hiring, investment and AI adoption signals suggest about the next phase of the technology sector.
Analysis of Strait of Hormuz disruption risk, energy-market exposure and why headline escalation scenarios need to be weighed against structural constraints and incentives.
Why Russia’s perceived strength is often overstated, and what that means for Ukraine, Europe and the long-term strategic balance.
Interpretation of India’s budget through a broader strategic lens: growth priorities, investment signals and what fiscal choices reveal about India’s long-term positioning.