The Absent Party
Christopher Angel
February 25, 2026
Exclusion of this kind is not accidental. It requires effort. Negotiating formats do not spontaneously contract; they have to be designed to exclude.
Diplomacy, decoded. No spin. No fluff. Just the bite.
It leaves traces. Sometimes blood.
Exclusion of this kind is not accidental. It requires effort. Negotiating formats do not spontaneously contract; they have to be designed to exclude.
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Diplomacy was never meant to be noticed.
We don’t explain it.
We expose how it holds.
No slogans. No saviors.
Just the raw shape of global pressure.