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100			_aBenjamin, Abhishekh Prakash.
245			_aNoctavium _b: Sub-Lethal Warfare and Thermodynamics of State Capture. _c/ Abhishekh Prakash Benjamin.
260			_a, India _b: Notion Press _c, 2026.
300			_a454p. _c: 24cm.
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520			_aWhile wars persist, contemporary power increasingly operates without direct conflict. States may remain formally sovereign while their strategic choices narrow, institutions weaken, and independent capacity erodes gradually. Noctavium presents a framework for understanding this sub-lethal form of influence through economic networks, institutional structures, information environments, and algorithmic systems that constrain a state’s viable choices over time. It reframes sovereignty as a product of systemic vitality and geopolitical struggle as a “thermodynamics of capture,” where engineered dependency, cognitive fragmentation, and institutional entropy can hollow out states without overt conquest. By shifting strategic analysis from episodic violence to chronic systemic strain, Noctavium identifies a form of silent domination that traditional theories of international relations have largely overlooked.
650			_aNoctavium
650			_aSub-Lethal Warfare
650			_a Thermodynamics of State Capture
700			_aAbhishekh Prakash Benjamin.
942			_cBOOK
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