The Archive - Global Psych
Horseshoe Theory: Does It Have a Leg to Stand On?
Is horseshoe theory a useful way to understand politics, or just a flattering myth for centrists? A critical look at ideology, extremism, and the psychology of categorisation.
When Power Plays the Victim: DARVO, Trump, and the Politics of Reversed Harm
A critical examination of DARVO in politics, exploring Trump, strategic victimhood, audience psychology, and why modern political culture rewards deny, attack, and reverse victim and offender tactics.
Mirrors With Momentum: How AI Can Reflect, Reinforce, and Escalate Human Vulnerability
How can AI intensify delusion, grandiosity, self-harm, and suicide risk? This essay explores reflective escalation, human-AI relationships, and the psychology of dangerous validation.
The Ingroup Illusion: How Modern Societies Hide Their Own Monsters
A dark applied psychology essay on WEIRD societies, ingroup bias, and why modern cultures often fear outsiders while overlooking dangerous insiders hidden behind respectability.
How People Become Prejudiced: The Psychology of Closing Yourself Off
How do people become racist, sexist, or morally rigid? This political psychology essay explores how fear, identity, socialisation, and status anxiety can close people off from difference.
UK Immigration, Crime, and the Self-Fulfilling Funnel
UK immigration debates blame migrants for crime. This explainer shows how demographics, exclusion, and policy design drive outcomes instead.
How 2025 became the year the UK exported its weapons abroad and imported its repression at home
How the UK enforces terrorism law against protest while ignoring its own arms export obligations, exposing double standards, legal cherry-picking, and democratic erosion.
The White House’s “Media Offender” Page: An Academic Dissection of an Official Exercise in Projection, Propaganda, and Bureaucratic Immaturity
An in-depth analysis of the White House’s “Media Offender” page that uncovers factual distortions, psychological projection, bureaucratic immaturity, and the misuse of taxpayer resources. A damning academic teardown of an official propaganda effort disguised as fact-checking.
Trans Athletes in 2025: A Science First Direction
A detailed, evidence based analysis of transgender athletes in 2025, exploring science, fairness, hormone research, policy gaps, and sport specific solutions.
Nick Fuentes’ Cult‑Like Radicalization Tactics and Extremist Rhetoric
Nick Fuentes has evolved from a fringe online provocateur into the leader of a disciplined, insular youth movement built on white nationalism and authoritarianism. This piece examines how he deploys cult-style manipulation, coded language, and digital organizing to recruit and radicalize followers—and why his growing influence in U.S. politics matters.
Drones, Soldiers, and the Politics of Risk: Technology’s Challenge to Modern Ideology
This article explores how drone warfare reshapes political ideologies, military labor, operator psychology, and ethical responsibility. It examines risk, symbolic identity, AI autonomy, and the evolving role of soldiers in modern conflict.
Donald Trump’s Treatment of the Press
Donald Trump's verbal attacks on the press, including "piggy" and "loser," are analyzed through political psychology as "antagonistic dominance." Discover how his language breaks presidential norms, uses humiliation to delegitimize accountability, and poses an institutional danger to democratic health.
A Political Psychology Student's Guide to Satire: Because Irony is for Amateurs, and Nuance is a Trap
Political psychology student? Learn why satire fails to change minds. This witty guide uses the Colbert Report study to explain motivated reasoning and how audience ideology reinforces, rather than challenges, political bias.
Freedom Recast as Loyalty: The Psychology of Britain’s Anti-Boycott Bill
A political-psychological critique of the UK’s anti-boycott bill exposing its authoritarian mindset, moral control, and threat to democratic conscience.
The Devolution of the “Fake News” Rhetoric
See how Donald Trump’s use of “fake news” evolved from attacking the media to shaping a culture of denial. This article analyzes the political, psychological, and authoritarian roots of the fake news rhetoric in modern U.S. discourse.
Zohran Mamdani and the Tri Factor: Politics, Progressiveness, and Religion
Explore how New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani unites faith, progressivism, and political psychology in a new model of moral leadership. This essay examines how Islamic ethics, social justice, and identity integration shape his vision of inclusive governance.
Unmoved: Trump’s Reaction to the White House Fainting Incident
A psychological analysis of Donald Trump’s calm response during the White House fainting incident—exploring how composure, control, and personality shape the politics of emotion and power.
The Peacemaker Illusion: How Donald Trump’s “Eight Wars” Narrative Reveals a Psychology of Shallow Leadership
Fact-check Donald Trump’s “eight wars” claim and explore how his foreign policy rhetoric, peace deals, and ceasefire announcements reveal a leadership style rooted in performance, control, and political narcissism.
The Unseen Weapon: A History of Psychological Warfare from Antiquity to the Digital Age
Explore the history of psychological warfare from ancient empires to modern propaganda, tracing 3,000 years of mind games in war and politics.
“I Let You Ask It”: A Psychological Dissection of Trump’s Oct 2025 60 Minutes Interview
A psychological analysis of Donald Trump’s 2025 60 Minutes interview reveals patterns of authoritarian charisma, dominance, and moral inversion.