Commentary It is a common cliché that the Asia-Pacific is somehow in the “grip of a regional arms race.” Every few months, there appears an article in the press that Asian militaries are in a “missile race” or a “naval arms race” or some kind of “action-reaction arming.” Much of this is driven by rising…
Xi Times Three? It’s a Done Deal
Commentary Xi Jinping transits through shoal waters in his quest for a third five-year term as “paramount leader.” The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) convened on Oct. 16 in Beijing. Party congresses are held every five years and provide a glimpse into the rigid workings of the CCP, as well as its…
Biden’s National Security Strategy Versus Xi’s 20th Party Congress
Commentary The Biden administration released its “National Security Strategy” (NSS) this month, its first, just before the Chinese regime holds its 20th National Congress. The NSS highlights Beijing’s desire to dominate global politics and warns of the “decisive decade” in the competition with China. The document also points to the problem of Russia as an…
Are We Witnessing the End of Western Dominance?
Commentary On Sept. 26, the Nord Stream pipeline was attacked. Who was responsible? Many people, including German Economy Minister Robert Habeck, were quick to blame Russia. Others pointed the finger at the United States. While millions of people are busy playing whodunit, millions of Europeans are praying for a mild winter. The attack must be…
More Authoritarianism Expected in China After Party Congress
Commentary Chinese leader Xi Jinping has seized all the power and will continue to return China to a stricter form of socialism with more central planning and less openness. Going into the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi holds the following titles: general secretary of the CCP, head of state, chairman…
Inflation Persists
October 14, 2022
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Commentary Inflation news in July and August had offered a few willing souls so inclined to hope that price pressures would dissipate quickly. Consumer price inflation was indeed remarkably slow. Measures over the prior 12 months came off the frightening highs of over 9 percent recorded last June. However, the hope of a quick, easy…
TikTok Expanding to Everything
October 14, 2022
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Commentary TikTok is on a rampage, expanding into music, online purchases, search engines, fulfillment centers, and warehouses to rival not only Instagram, Facebook, and Google, but eventually Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon. TikTok, and the Chinese regime that controls it, would like to be America’s “everything app,” an idea that Elon Musk is thinking about,…
Meet the ‘Adam Smith of Ancient China’
Commentary The book of Ecclesiastes tells us that “there is nothing new under the sun.” The quote reminds us that few things we think of as new are actually new, and economic philosophy is no exception. While Karl Marx is considered the father of communism, his ideas were not as original as many think. His…
How Do We Carve a Rosetta Stone for Today?
Commentary Today’s tsunami of economic, social, technological, and geopolitical dislocation may be more than a temporary setback for humanity. It could lead to an erosion of the ability to access the fragile media we have used to record our lives. The loss of the mostly papyrus-based documents in the great fire at the Library of…
The Ukrainian War Phase II: Are We Slowly Inching Toward World War III? Is the US Prepared?
Commentary The Ukrainian war has entered a second, more dangerous phase. This phase is marked by a significant Russian escalation of hostility, a call up of roughly 300,000 reservists, renewed Kremlin threats that all options are on the table, including the potential use of theater nuclear weapons and a Russian declaration that, following a plebiscite,…
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