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
Good Democracies Make The Elites Compete For The People’s Votes
Originally published at: https://www.africanpoliticsandpolicy.com/?p=18996 ...The hallmark of a well-functioning democracy is that both sides have to fight tooth and nail to eke out a bare majority. READ MORE
Why Did Donna Strickland Not Have A Wikipedia Page?
Originally published at: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-did-donna-stricklan ...If the mainstream media wants to see the face of sexism, it shouldn’t look to the (mostly male) volunteers who run Wikipedia. It would do better just to look in the mirror. READ MORE
- I'd say my reasoning @Forbes last year about "Why There Will Be No Trade War Between The US And China" is holding u… https://t.co/BlUFURZPrW
