Political Analysis
Some European and pan-western media outlets remain fixated on Europe’s declining population rates, something which is a trend throughout the EU except in countries where migration numerically compensates for the otherwise universal trends of shrinking populations. On the other side of the geopolitical spectrum, Russia and many former Soviet republics […]
Canadian Mark Carney who is the current Governor (director) of the Bank of England has warned that as wages in the west continue to stagnate and more jobs are replaced by automation and so-called artificial intelligence, that consequently, the ideas of Karl Marx will become increasingly attractive to the western […]
From 1945 to the present day, the US and its close European allies have developed a geopolitical narrative which in the minds of its authors, offered a blueprint for international peace and prosperity. According to this narrative, confrontational multi-party democracy, a rejection of constitutional secularism, an internally de-regulated market, an […]
Certain historic patterns rarely fail to help explain contemporary events. Political extremist groups tend to foment in poor economic conditions, while progressive and equitable wealth accumulation tends to dampen such tensions. It was poor economic management that led to the Boxer Rebellion in China,. Poor economic conditions also led to […]
Russia’s first Presidential debate did not live up to its potential for the very reason that there was only one genuinely experienced, learned and visionary candidate who was debating a combination of has-beens, nobodies and one scandalous provocateur. The clear intellectual winner of the debate was Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the […]
It is rare that any one short article can so accurately capture everything that is wrong with the western/liberal conception of China, but the Washington Post out did itself when it published a piece titled, “In the age of Trump and Brexit, China’s national hubris is on the rise”. The premise […]
The World Economic Forum in Davos is increasingly becoming something of an old fashioned ‘boys club’, more intent on self-congratulatory statements than meaningful proposals and ideas which can move the world forward into the age of prosperity derived from respectful inter-connectivity. This may be one of the reasons why China’s […]
