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The Manifest Archive
By Jerry
Jerry van der Laan
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Jerry van der Laan

Jerry van der Laan is an independent analyst and the author of The Manifest Archive. He reconstructs how energy, money and state power interact from public data and primary documents.

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What Possesses Mark Rutte to Call War Inevitable?
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What Possesses Mark Rutte to Call War Inevitable?

Calling war inevitable is not a forecast. It is an act that removes choice. How a single word conditions a continent to manage a war instead of preventing it.

Geopolitics Jan 26, 2026
COINTELPRO: The Program That Turned Movements Against Themselves
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COINTELPRO: The Program That Turned Movements Against Themselves

How the FBI systematically neutralized political movements

Surveillance, Tech & Intelligence Jan 25, 2026
Trump and Greenland: How the First Move Is Always Forgotten
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Trump and Greenland: How the First Move Is Always Forgotten

On power, memory, and how initiative is erased

Geopolitics Jan 24, 2026
Chris Cornell: The Voice That Carried a Generation's Grief
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Chris Cornell: The Voice That Carried a Generation's Grief

Soundgarden, the grunge era, and the silence around his death

Manufactured Culture Jan 23, 2026
Rothschild, the Federal Reserve, and BlackRock
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Rothschild, the Federal Reserve, and BlackRock

Does one family own the Federal Reserve? The documented answer is no, and it is more unsettling than the myth: a machine that governs states before they are allowed to exist.

Financial Architecture Jan 22, 2026
After the Separation: Europe’s Actions Beyond the United States
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After the Separation: Europe’s Actions Beyond the United States

On sovereignty, exposure, and the cost of delayed adulthood

Geopolitics Jan 21, 2026
The U.S. and Europe Are No Longer on the Same Side
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The U.S. and Europe Are No Longer on the Same Side

On power, escalation, and the end of assumptions

Geopolitics Jan 20, 2026
Why U.S. and Israeli Military Power Stops at Iran
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Why U.S. and Israeli Military Power Stops at Iran

How deterrence architecture turned superiority into paralysis

Geopolitics Jan 19, 2026
The War You’re Living In Without Knowing Its Name
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The War You’re Living In Without Knowing Its Name

How energy, sanctions and intelligence reshaped conflict into everyday life

The Track Record Jan 18, 2026
Why the U.S. Enforces the Sea
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Why the U.S. Enforces the Sea

Power, logistics, and the system that moves beneath politics

Geopolitics Jan 17, 2026
Who Will Admit the Global Economy Is in Its Worst State Since the 1930s?
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Who Will Admit the Global Economy Is in Its Worst State Since the 1930s?

How Concealment Replaced Correction in the Global Financial System

Financial Architecture Jan 16, 2026
The Most Dangerous Thing in the World Is Power Without Consequences
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The Most Dangerous Thing in the World Is Power Without Consequences

How a system learned to escalate without resistance

Geopolitics Jan 15, 2026