The Civilian Geopolitical Reality Map
An independent project about power, evidence and the consequences of international decisions.
Following the evidence
Reality Map is my independent project for examining geopolitical events through their documented record and their consequences for civilians. It combines a method, case studies, a map and an evidence ledger.
The ledger makes the status of a claim visible: what a source establishes, what an analysis infers and what remains unresolved. The public project contains the detailed arguments and the records behind them.
Exhibit 1DiagramRead left to right
A claim a reader can inspect
Every claim in the atlas carries a source, an evidence class and a status. The ledger is the place where a reader can check the route, and disagree with a specific step rather than with a mood.
An argument a reader can inspect
An argument becomes easier to assess when the route from evidence to conclusion is visible. Readers should be able to inspect the source, consider another explanation and identify the point at which their interpretation differs.
That is the kind of scrutiny I want this project to invite. Its subject is politically charged; keeping questions, evidence and conclusions connected gives disagreement something concrete to work with.
Exhibit 2NumbersEach figure links to the record that states it
The shape of the project
Read the project
I write and direct Reality Map with disclosed generative-AI assistance and retain responsibility for the publication. The project’s own site holds the current studies, corrections and methodological detail.
Exhibit 3TimelineFilled points are my milestones; hollow points are the context they sit in
How it is being built
- 2026August: the evidentiary editionA Python generator over a Markdown corpus, an Equal Earth map without internal borders, validators and a link checker in CI.Source
- 2026October: an interactive layer in preparationSite search, a trainer for the six classes, shareable ledger filters, reading progress and a feed, kept separate from the evidentiary edition.Source
Exhibit 4ResourcesOpen the thing itself, not a description of it