Shanaka Anslem Perera

The Verification Collapse

The Next World Order Will Be Written by Whoever Controls Verification After Cheap Production Breaks Sovereignty

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May 11, 2026
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Drone war, stablecoins, AI, rare earths, and the 2027 cliffs are not separate stories. They are the first visible surfaces of a sovereignty stack being rebuilt around verification, autonomy, components, and protocol control.

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11th May 2026

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I write about geopolitics, markets, and power. Trained as an engineer, so I tend to read the world in systems, incentives, and failure modes.
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