Author profile: Arthur Michelino

Arthur Michelino is a specialist in global operations and risk systems, with a background in international affairs, insurance, and intelligence analysis. His work explores complexity theory, systems thinking, organisational behaviour, and the structural patterns that shape international politics.

To Be Feared Is to Be Free: Macron’s Realist Turn

Arthur Michelino • Nov 3 2025 • Articles

By bringing Machiavelli and Schmitt back into the language of a liberal democracy, Macron announced more than a rhetorical shift.

Why Polarity Misleads: Toward a New Grammar of International Relations

Arthur Michelino • Sep 26 2025 • Articles

The appeal of polarity lies in its simplicity, but it no longer reflects the architecture of global politics.

Conflict as System Realignment: How Overloaded Systems Reset Themselves

Arthur Michelino • Aug 18 2025 • Articles

Recasting conflict as a form of systemic realignment shifts the focus away from individual leaders, favouring of a deeper understanding of structural limits.

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