China Celebrates 40 Years Of Returning To Form
Originally published at: https://zhongguoinstitute.org/china-celebrates-40-years-of-r ...Xi Jinping has called China’s process of reform and opening “a great revolution in the history of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation,” but mostly it represents a return to the pre-1949 normal. READ MORE
Liberals, Liberals, Everywhere
Originally published at: https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/12/liberals-liberals-everyw ...Forget left and right: liberals are the new authoritarians. READ MORE
Is China’s AIIB Developing Asia, Or Just Propping Up China’s State-Owned Banks with Extra Cash?
Originally published at: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas-aiib-developing- ...The AIIB was supposed to lend $30 to $40 billion in its first three years. It has disbursed just $1 billion. Something doesn’t add up. READ MORE
The Decline And Fall Of European Civilization
Originally published at: https://www.samuelcohn.net/babones-rise-fall ...Western civilization declined and fell a century ago, and it’s not coming back. READ MORE
Why Finance Professors Should Be Teaching Nietzsche
Originally published at: https://www.afr.com/opinion/columnists/why-finance-professor ...Western civilisation is too precious to be left solely in the hands of humanities professors. It’s madness to force it on them. READ MORE
World War I Ended 100 Years Ago Today: The Real Lesson Of 1918
Originally published at: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/world-war-i-ended-100 ...What the Allied commander-in-chief Ferdinand Foch famously called “not a peace” but “an armistice for twenty years” was a lost opportunity to change Europe forever. READ MORE
Here’s How Trump Can Secure The Border (And What Happens If He Doesn’t)
Originally published at: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/heres-how-trump-can-sec ...The European migrant crisis demonstrated that any crack in border controls quickly bursts into a flood of migrants desperate for a better life in a developed country. READ MORE
Shame If Sydney Uni Drops Education’s Biggest Hot Potato
Originally published at: https://www.smh.com.au/national/shame-if-sydney-staff-stood- ...Academics embrace the mantra that “everything is political.” But if everything is political, so too are the ideologies peddled by Australian humanities and social sciences departments. READ MORE
- Great piece on Japan's balance of China by @Richeydarian @TheNatlInterest @CFTNI - https://t.co/dXCkBwk1JH
- Enjoyed this from Damian Valdez on the US 2016 elections ... https://t.co/3H4oHn887p
