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BOUND BY TRADE
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Ongoing, First published Aug 31, 2025
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Enemies on the world stage. Partners in the marketplace.

This book uncovers the paradox at the heart of modern geopolitics: how the United States, Russia, China, and Iran-nations locked in sanctions, rivalries, and bitter rhetoric-remain bound together by trade, energy, and finance. From U.S. grain feeding the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, to Chinese factories powering American consumerism even during a trade war, to Iran's oil quietly flowing through shadow fleets, and Russia turning east after Western sanctions, the story is clear: politics divides, but economics always finds a way.

Through gripping case studies and deeply researched analysis, this book reveals the hidden web of interdependence that no leader can fully sever-and asks what it means for the future of a world where enemies cannot afford to let go of one another.
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To Love a Nation (USA x USSR)

11 parts Ongoing

America confessed again and again. USSR only ever glared. Still, the silence between them felt warmer than anyone else's words. When death breaks the tension forever, America's grief turns dangerous. Especially when it starts looking back at him with Russia's face. (Cover art not mine) Genre: Tragedy, Romance, Psychological, Drama

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