Long-form research on geopolitics, security, political economy, and film.
Papers by Jamie Sessions, University of Idaho. Each one is written as an interactive monograph with plain-language primers, key figures, and full references.
Papers
5 published
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- American politics
- Elections
He Was on the Ballot The 2026 Midterms
Trump told his supporters to vote like he was on the ballot, and the country did. The 2026 midterms were a persuasion election, decided by voters who changed sides, and they handed Democrats a majority that looks more like a loan than a realignment.
35 min read Read the paper
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- Global economics
- Geopolitics
The End of Linear Globalization Economics, Security, and the New World Order
When the Cold War ended, the 'end of history' promised a world bound by liberal democracy and integrated trade. Today, great-power rivalry, weaponized interdependence, and the tension between sovereignty and hyperglobalization have shattered that linear path.
17 min read Read the paper
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- Cinema studies
- Cultural politics
Political Censorship and Creative Resistance Genre, Allegory, and Critique in Contemporary Chinese-Language Cinema
State regulation of cinema in China functions not merely as a repressive force, but as a productive one—compelling filmmakers to deploy wuxia, noir, and historical melodrama to stage politically pointed critiques within the bounds of censorship tolerance.
19 min read Read the paper
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- Geopolitics
- Grand strategy
The Architecture of Primacy America's Rise, Global Interventions, and Alliance Strains
A comprehensive empirical analysis of America's rise from an agrarian coastal coalition to the post-war superpower, the central paradox of rebuilding vs covert regime change, and the contemporary strain of transactional foreign policy.
22 min read Read the paper
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- Counterterrorism
- Digital politics
Algorithmic Extremism Leaderless Radicalization and the New Landscape of Domestic Terrorism
A multidisciplinary empirical investigation into how recommendation algorithms replace human commanders, turning relative deprivation and aggrieved entitlement into decentralized 'scattered attacks' that outpace traditional federal counterterrorism models.
26 min read Read the paper