About Me

I study how civilizations understand themselves, especially in moments of crisis. My primary interest is in the moral and political breakdown of the West over the past century, and the competing ideas that emerged in response: ideas about power, belief, legitimacy, and order that continue to shape how we see the world today. Through my podcast Civilizational and my writing, I try to recover those arguments in their original context and understand what they saw, what they missed, and what still matters.

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My approach is historical, analytical, and, in the broadest sense of the word, spiritual. I am interested not only in what happened, but in how people living through crisis made sense of it while acting within it. That means moving between narrative history and present-day analysis—drawing on figures from politics, philosophy, and religion, and tracing the deeper tensions that run through Western civilization, including the enduring conflict between power and belief.

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Alongside this work, I advise organizations and leaders on geopolitical and strategic questions. My consulting draws on the same framework: understanding how different actors interpret the world, where their assumptions come from, and how those interpretations shape decisions. The goal is not just to anticipate events, but to see more clearly what is unfolding—and why.