Notable Concepts, Theories and Frameworks
Notable Concepts, Theories and Frameworks
1 - A NeuroPhilosophy of Human Nature: Emotional Amoral Egoism
Book: Emotional Amoral Egoism: A neurophilosophy of Human Nature and Motivations
October 2021
January 2021 - Philosophie.ch
February 2020 - Les Philosophes.fr
A Neuro-Philosophy of Human Nature: Emotional Amoral Egoism and the Five Motivators of Humankind
April 2019 - APA
Who Are We: Neurochemical Man and Emotional Amoral Egoism
January 2015 - The Montréal Review
2 - Emotional Amoral Egoism of States
‘How States Think’: The Rationality vs The Emotionality of Foreign Policy
October 2023
Emotional Amoral Egoism and its Implications for Understanding Conflicts
April 2018 - Global Policy
The "Emotional" Amoral Egoism of States
June 2015 - The Montréal Review
3 - Neuro-P5 Motivations
Book: Emotional Amoral Egoism: A neurophilosophy of Human Nature and Motivations
October 2021
How understanding the five motivators of humankind will help us to improve the world and ourselves
May 2019 - World Economic Forum
A Neuro-Philosophy of Human Nature: Emotional Amoral Egoism and the Five Motivators of Humankind
April 2019 - APA
Divisive Politics and the Brain: Primordial Determinism vs. Responsible Egalitarianism
October 2016 - Global Policy
4 - Sustainable History Theory
(NeuroPhilosophy of History)
Interview - Recently Published Book Spotlight: Sustainable History and Human Dignity
August 2023 - APA Blog
Book: Sustainable History and Human Dignity
January 2022
April 2020 - Les Philosophes.fr
A Neuro-Philosophy of Dignity-Based Governance
October 2018 - APA
A Neuro-Philosophy of History: “Sustainable History”; with Dignity, and without Directionality
August 2018 - APA
The 'Ocean Model of Civilization', Sustainable History Theory, and Global Cultural Understanding
June 2017 - OXPOL
5 - The Nine Human Dignity Needs
Measuring chaos: why the world needs a dignity index
June 2022 - CAPX
Working from Home: A Neuroscientific Perspective
May 2021 - Areo
Why agile governance should be human-centred governance
September 2020 - World Economic Forum
A Neuro-Philosophy of Dignity-Based Governance
October 2018 - APA
A Neuro-Philosophy of History: “Sustainable History”; with Dignity, and without Directionality
August 2018 - APA
June 2014 - ISN Blog, ETH Zurich
6 - MetaGeopolitics and the Seven Capacities of States
Meta-Geopolitics: A holistic approach to geopolitics
March 2023 - Centrum Balticum
July 2022
Meta-Geopolitics of Pandemics: The Case of Covid-19
May 2020 - Global Policy
The Future of Meta-Geopolitical Competition in Outer Space
July 2019 - ISPI
Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space, National Power and Global Politics
June 2019 - ISPI
The Seven Capacities of States: a Meta-Geopolitical Framework
March 2018 - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
The Meta-Geopolitics of Geneva 1815-2015
February 2015 - ISN Blog, ETH Zurich
The Geopolitics of Europe: 1815-2015
November 2014 - ISN Blog, ETH Zurich
Meta-Geopolitics: the Relevance of Geopolitics in the Digital Age
May 2014 – E-International Relations
Book: Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space: An Analysis of Space Power, Security and Governance
May 2012
7 - Symbiotic Realism IR Theory
TAMING THE ANIMUS DOMINANDI AND ESCAPING THUCYDIDES’S TRAP
Symbiotic Realism, Geostrategic Near-Parity and The Quest for a Peaceful Global Order
January 2025 - The Montreal Review
Symbiotic Realism: A Transdisciplinary International Relations theory
Symbiotic Realism: A Transdisciplinary International Relations theory (extended version)
November 2024 - Research Outreach
July 2022
8 - The Five Dimensions of Global Security and the Multi-Sum Security Principle
July 2022
Major Transformative Technologies and the Five Dimensions of Security
June 2020 - Oxford Political Review
A Neurophilosophy of Conflict, War, and Peace
December 2019 - APA
Book: The Five Dimensions of Global Security: Proposal for a Multi-sum Security Principle
January 2007
9 - Neuro-Techno-Philosophy Framework (NTP)
March 2025 - Oxford Public Philosophy (OPP)
We Need A TransDisciplinary Coalition To Create Responsible AI – A Symbiotic Realist Framework
February 2025 – Munich Security Conference
TAMING THE ANIMUS DOMINANDI AND ESCAPING THUCYDIDES’S TRAP
Symbiotic Realism, Geostrategic Near-Parity and The Quest for a Peaceful Global Order
January 2025 - The Montreal Review
AI threatens elections and accountable governance
May 2024 - Institute of Art and Ideas
Transdisciplinarity, neuro-techno-philosophy, and the future of philosophy
November 2022 - Metaphilosophy
10 - Strategic Culture and Pragmatic National Interest
July 2022
Strategic Culture and Pragmatic National Interest
July 2015 - Global Policy Journal
The Geopolitics of Culture: Five Substrates
July 2014 - Global Policy
11 - Ocean Model of Civilization
12 - TransDisciplinary Philosophy (TDP)
Why architects need philosophy to guide the AI design revolution
July 2024 - BIG THINK
Sentience, Safe AI and The Future of Philosophy: A Transdisciplinary Analysis
February 2024 - Oxford Public Philosophy (OPP)
October 2023 - Royal Institute of Philosophy
Transdisciplinary philosophy and public policy
June 2023 - Research Features
Navigating (Living) Philosophy: An Unconventional Journey—My Ode to Transdisciplinary Philosophy
February 2023 - APA
Transdisciplinarity, neuro-techno-philosophy, and the future of philosophy
November 2022 - Metaphilosophy
Research Features: “The Future of Philosophy is Transdisciplinary”
Commentary on My NeuroTechnoPhilosophy Framework in Research Features May 2023
A Neurophilosophy of “Sustainable Neurochemical Gratification” and the Meaning of Existence
July 2020 - APA
A Neurophilosophy of Divisive Politics, Inequality and Disempowerment
June 2020 - APA
Social Distancing: A Neurophilosophical Perspective
April 2020 - Areo
A Neurophilosophical paradigm for a new Enlightenment
March 2020 - APA
A Neurophilosophy of Conflict, War, and Peace
December 2019 - APA
A Neurophilosophy of global trans-cultural understanding
September 2019 - APA
A Neuro-Philosophy of Dignity-Based Governance
October 2018 - APA
Divisive Politics and the Brain: Primordial Determinism vs. Responsible Egalitarianism
October 2016 - Global Policy
13 - On Power: NeuroPhilosophical Foundations and Policy implications
The Philosophy and Neurochemistry of Hierarchical Power: A Transdisciplinary Analysis
October 2024 - APA
August 2024 - The Globalist
July 2022
Book: On Power: Neurophilosophical Foundations and Policy Implications
September 2021
A Neurophilosophy of Power and Constitutionalism
April 2020 - APA
14 - Transcultural Security and the Eight Substrates of Universal Axiology
Une neuro-philosophie de la compréhension transculturelle mondiale
May 2020 - Les Philosophes.fr
A Neurophilosophy of global trans-cultural understanding
September 2019 - APA
The 'Ocean Model of Civilization', Sustainable History Theory, and Global Cultural Understanding
June 2017 - OXPOL
Book: Policy Briefs on the Transcultural Aspects of Security and Stability
December 2016
Eight Substrates for a Possible Universal Axiology
October 2014 - E-International Relations
The Islamic World and the West: Recovering Common History
August, 2014- ISN Blog, ETH Zurich
The Geopolitics of Culture: Five Substrates
June 2014 – Harvard International Review
August 2012
August 2012 - Yale Global
Book: Critical Turning Points in the Middle East: 1915 - 2015
April 2011
15 - Reconciliation Statecraft of Eight Competing Principal Interests
July 2022
Reconciliation Statecraft: Eight competing principal interests
February 2018 - Global Policy
16 - Just Power
17 - Fear-Induced Preemptive Aggression
18 - Lunar Geopolitics
Lunar Geopolitics: The Battle for Three Lunar Domains (The Far side, South Pole & Cislunar Space)
October 2024 - Engelsberg Ideas
19 - The Demise and Durability of Ideas
(The Natural Selection of Ideas)
How do we predict which ideas pass the test of time?
August 2023 - The Montreal Review
Book: Sustainable History and Human Dignity
January 2022
The Natural Selection of Ideas: Prerequisites and Implications for Politics, Philosophy and History
May 2016 - Global Policy Journal
20 - A Dignity Scale / Index and Sustainable Governance
Measuring chaos: why the world needs a dignity index
June 2022 - CAPX
A Neuro-Philosophy of Dignity-Based Governance
October 2018 - APA
Proposal of a Dignity Scale for Sustainable Governance
January 2016 - The Oxford University Politics Blog
Proposal of a Dignity Scale for Sustainable Governance
November 2015 - Journal of Public Policy
21 - Neuro-Rational-Physicalism
Book: Sustainable History and Human Dignity
January 2022
A Proposed Theory of Knowledge: Neuro-Rational Physicalism
December 2014 - E-International Relations
22 - Sustainable Neurochemical Gratification
23 - Sustainable Governance of Future Space Colonies
February 2021 - New Philosopher
Sustainable Governance of Future Outer Space Colonies
June 2018 - ETH Zurich
What will space exploration look like in the future?
March 2018 - World Economic Forum
24 - Sustainable National Security in a Transnational World
Seven Substrates for a Symbiotic, Secure and Sustainable Global Future
July 2020 - Cooperative Security Initiative
A Neurophilosophy of Legitimacy in National and Global Politics
May 2020 - APA
A Neurophilosophy of Power and Constitutionalism
April 2020 - APA
Book: Policy Briefs on the Transcultural Aspects of Security and Stability
December 2016
Book: The Three Pillars of Sustainable National Security in a Transnational World
January 2008
25 - Inevitable Transhumanism
La neuro-philosophie et le transhumanisme
July 2020 - La-Philo
The Runaway Train of Cognitive Enhancement
December 2019 - Scientific American
Neurophilosophy and Transhumanism
February 2019 - APA
The “Sustainable History” Thesis: A Guide for Regulating Trans- and Post-Humanism
April 2018 - E-IR
May 2015 - ISN Blog, ETH Zurich
26 - Free Will and NeuroModulation
Free Will in the Age of Neuromodulation
July 2018 - Philosophy Now
This is what mind-altering drugs and technology mean for free will
July 2018 - World Economic Forum
27 - Prerequisites for Rights and Dignity of Artificial Intelligent Agents
Artificial Intelligent Agents: Pre-requisites for rights and dignity
March 2018 - Age of Robots
The Moral Code: How to Teach Robots Right and Wrong
September 2015 - ISN Blog, ETH Zurich
28 - Geostrategy and Governance of AI & Brain-computer Interface(BCI)
AI threatens elections and accountable governance
May 2024 - Institute of Art and Ideas
Sentience, Safe AI and The Future of Philosophy: A Transdisciplinary Analysis
February 2024 - Oxford Public Philosophy (OPP)
AI must be regulated just like any other technology:
December 2023 - Reaction
AI, War and Transdisciplinary Philosophy
November 2023 - Institute of Art and Ideas
The Race for AI, Quantum Supremacy
August 2022 - Modern Diplomacy
The Rise of Neurotechnology Calls for a Parallel Focus on Neurorights
May 2021 - Scientific American
Artificial Intelligence: Implications for human dignity and governance
March 2021 - Oxford Political Review
A Neurophilosophy of Autonomous Weapons and Warfare
August 2020 - APA
A Neurophilosophy of Governance of Artificial Intelligence and Brain-Computer Interface
June 2020 - APA
29 - Geopolitics of Strategic Technologies
Major Transformative Technologies and the Five Dimensions of Security
June 2020 - Oxford Political Review
A Neurophilosophy of Two Technological Game-Changers: Synthetic Biology & Superintelligence
June 2020 - APA
April 2011
30 - The Fifth Estate and the Securitization of Fake News
July 2022
Post-Truth Politics, the Fifth Estate and the Securitization of Fake News
June 2017 - Global Policy
31 - The GeoStrategic Tripwire Pivotal Corridor (TPC)
32 - Predisposed Tabula Rasa
May 2015 - OXPOL - Politics in Spires
April 2015 - Journal of Public Policy
33 - Social Contract 2:0
A Neurophilosophy of Big Data & Civil Liberties, and the Need for a New Social Contract
May 2020 - APA
A Neuro-Philosophy of Dignity-Based Governance
October 2018 - APA
The Social Contract 2.0: Big Data and the Need to Guarantee Privacy and Civil Liberties
September 2014 - Harvard International Review
34 - Strategic Culture in Outer Space
U.S. Space Policy and Strategic Culture
April 2018 - Journal of International Affairs
March 2018 - Eurasia Review
China Aims for the Moon - and Beyond
February 2018 - The Diplomat
Russia: Space Power And Strategic Culture – Analysis
February 2018 - Eurasia Review
35 - Geopolitics and New Space Politics for the New Space Age
The new space age needs a new politics
November 2024 - IAI news
Finding a common ground for international space regulation
January 2021 - The Parliament
In space, either we all win, or we all lose
October 2020 - The Parliament
May 2020 - The Space Review
The Future of Meta-Geopolitical Competition in Outer Space
July 2019 - ISPI
Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space, National Power and Global Politics
June 2019 - ISPI
The Interplay between Outer Space Security and Terrestrial Global Security
July 2018 - OXPOL
Space traffic control: technological means and governance implications
April 2018 - The Space Review
Preventing Future Conflicts in Outer Space
March 2018 - CSS ETH Zurich
Book: Meta-Geopolitics of Outer Space: An Analysis of Space Power, Security and Governance
May 2012
36 - A Paradigm for a Peaceful Global Order
TAMING THE ANIMUS DOMINANDI AND ESCAPING THUCYDIDES’S TRAP
Symbiotic Realism, Geostrategic Near-Parity and The Quest for a Peaceful Global Order
January 2025 - The Montreal Review
Symbiotic Realism: A Transdisciplinary International Relations theory
Symbiotic Realism: A Transdisciplinary International Relations theory (extended version)
November 2024 - Research Outreach
Seven Substrates for a Symbiotic, Secure and Sustainable Global Future
July 2020 - Cooperative Security Initiative
May 2019 - APA
A Neuro-Philosophy of Dignity-Based Governance
October 2018 - APA
A Neuro-Philosophy of History: “Sustainable History”; with Dignity, and without Directionality
August 2018 - APA
37 - Prospects and Substrates of a New TransDisciplinary TransCultural Enlightenment
Book: Sustainable History and Human Dignity
January 2022
A Neurophilosophical paradigm for a new Enlightenment
March 2020 - APA
38 - The Essential Tension Principle of Sustainable Governance:
(Balancing 3 Human Nature Attributes Vs. 9 Human Dignity Needs)
How do we predict which ideas pass the test of time?
August 2023 - The Montreal Review
July 2022
Book: Sustainable History and Human Dignity
January 2022
Why agile governance should be human-centred governance
September 2020 - World Economic Forum
A Neurophilosophy of Divisive Politics, Inequality and Disempowerment
June 2020 - APA
A Neuro-Philosophy of Dignity-Based Governance
October 2018 - APA
A Neuro-Philosophy of History: “Sustainable History”; with Dignity, and without Directionality
August 2018 - APA
Reforming Democracy and the Future of History
June 2014 - The Globalist
39 - Disruptive Civilizational Frontier Risks
3 disruptive frontier risks that could strike by 2040
December 2020 - World Economic Forum
A Neurophilosophy of Fake News, Disinformation and Digital Citizenship
August 2020 - APA
Book: Potential Global Strategic Catastrophes
November 2009
Balancing Transnational Responsibilities and Burden-sharing with Sovereignty and Human Dignity
November 2009
40 - 21st Century Statecraft
July 2022
41 - On Grand Strategy: A TransDisciplinary Analysis
April 2025 - American Philosophical Association (APA)