Innovation: The Forgotten Factor
Western innovation is the most effective foreign aid programme ever discovered.
Conor McKinley
· 8 min read
international relations
A collection of 8 posts
The New Eurasian Century
The current crises in eastern Europe reflect more than just Kremlin mischief-making—they reflect the first fruits of an emerging world order that spans the vastness from Beijing to Berlin. Unlike the longstanding liberal status quo, with its roots in classical civilization and the Enlightenment, this emerging alternative draws upon
Joel Kotkin
· 9 min read
What Putin Really Wants
On Russian President Vladimir Putin’s desk sits a bronze statue of Peter the Great, the tsar who spent his four decades in power waging war on neighbors to establish his country as a great power in Europe. Peter would have understood the nature of the current conflict in Eastern
Christopher Miller
· 8 min read
From India’s Himalayan Border to Our Local Cell Networks, It’s Time to Push Back Against China
The Indian border is only one of the many fronts on which China has been taking advantage of the worldwide economic downturn and political paralysis caused by COVID-19 to move aggressively—an ironic result given the source of the disease.
Cleo Paskal
· 8 min read
How Social Justice Ideologues Hijacked a Legal Regulator
Speech is unconscionable regardless of the principles a person is made to parrot. Today, we are being told to promote “equality, diversity and inclusion.
Murray Klippenstein with Bruce Pardy
· 11 min read
Resolving the Venezuela Crisis: Is There a Case for Outside Military Intervention?
Venezuelans have been voting with their feet to escape the ruin the regime has inflicted on them.
Jeffrey Tayler
· 8 min read
The Fragility of the Liberal World Order
For Kagan, the architects of the post-war order sought to wed America’s new-found superpower to the construction of a world order that reflected the domestic values of America itself: a liberal international order.
Doug Stokes
· 9 min read
Nationalism and Liberal Empire
The nationalist’s nemesis is not the proponent of liberalism or progressivism, but the imperialist.
Leon Hadar
· 11 min read