The affinity between the United States and India is frequently cited: both countries have democracy, a western legal system, the English language, and free markets in differing degrees. Nonetheless, these similarities can be largely symbolic when it comes to India’s…
Facebook, now Meta Platforms, has just announced its cryptosetback, as reported by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. The Switzerland-based consortium, formed in 2019 by Facebook to promote a cryptocurrency known as Libra, is selling its technology to Silvergate Capital Corporation…
What can you say about a country that trashed the planet Earth with a deadly virus? That it knew what it was doing? China has gotten away with it: businesses and industries destroyed or damaged; massive recession and unemployment; medical systems…
No amount of spin-doctoring by the White House, no false dichotomy of complete withdrawal or escalation, no disingenuous blaming of the Trump administration, no conflating disaster with courage, and no emotional appeal to stop the “forever war” can alter reality:…
Is Taiwan worth fighting for? That is the question. Last Tuesday, President Tsai Ying-wen and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu of Taiwan expressed concern that China may start a war to take over Taiwan. They voiced fear of an invasion to…
Yesterday on CNN’s State of the Union with host Jake Tapper, Secretary of State Antony Blinken insulted the intelligence of the American people and the families whose sons and daughters fought and died in Afghanistan by stating assuringly, “This is…
Afghanistan and Iraq are vastly different. Afghanistan has been dominated by feuding warlords for many centuries, without a central and respected writ of authority. Iraq, as an integral part of the Levant, has been a nation-state actor connected to much…
In an act born of supremely cynical calculation, it was reported earlier this week by the Chinese government–controlled Xinhua News Agency that President Xi Jinping would like to foster a more “trustworthy, respectable and loveable” image for the People’s Republic…
It is often said that perception is reality. After less than four months since the inauguration, the United States appears weak and irresolute. This did not take long at all: there is a confluence of bad events, and we have…
Editor’s note: This column was originally published on April 20, 2021. President Biden’s recent decision to withdraw all remaining 2,500 American troops from Afghanistan by September 11 entails much more risk than reward. The reward is principally political: on September…
