Ibn Khaldun
Coverage of Ibn Khaldun in the Nexus archive.
- The Comfort Democracies Confront the Control States
The article discusses the end of a 70-year global peace era, marked by the Ukrainian war and Middle East conflicts, signaling a shift from democratic dominance to rising autocracies. It highlights the resurgence of autocratic 'Control States' and the erosion of liberal democratic world order, referencing historical concepts like Ibn Khaldun's 'asabiyya' to explain societal cohesion.
- How success turns allies into competitors
The article discusses how success can turn allies into competitors, citing Ibn Khaldun's theory that unity leads to internal rivalries as seen in OpenAI's leadership crisis and the Gulf states' shift from cooperation to competition. OpenAI's initial unity over AI development fractured as it gained influence, while Gulf states like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE now compete in geopolitical and economic domains.