There is a less-explored but equally structural dimension: the environment. This lens allows us to see how the regime used territory, cities, and natural resources as tools for social control and economic reorganization. Environmental and urban policies were not merely technical add-ons, but rather key elements of a broader strategy to impose a new order.

More than half of the planet’s ocean lies beyond the control of any single country.This is what we call the High Seas: international waters that, for a long time, remained outside the reach of environmental laws and protections. But that is starting to change.

The initiatives known as "Anti-Shein Laws" aimed at regulating the ultra-fast fashion production model, seek to control the massive influx of imported garments from China in order to protect the local textile industry, preserve jobs, and mitigate environmental impacts.