Tag: Show-CrossTalk
CrossTalk: Hegemony challenged
When it comes to the ‘rise of China’, most of the commentary focuses on such things as strategic balance and the West’s so-called “rules-based order.” However, what’s missing in this discussion is the rise of a civilization that challenges Western hegemony. Is the West prepared for this arc of history? …
Crosstalk: AUKUS vs China
We are told the new strategic alliance comprising the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia is not directed against China. But of course it is. Washington has developed numerous alliances against Beijing, but AUKUS has a nuclear dimension. Tensions are rising in the Pacific, and no doubt China will react. …
CrossTalk | Incompetent elites
Western civilization and culture have been infected by a mindset that prizes ideology over competence and virtue over reason. And democracy is only a good idea if and when it serves elite interests. Then there is an issue of competence. Competence used to be rewarded, now incompetence is overlooked when serving ideology. …
CrossTalk Bullhorns, Home Edition: Fighting terror?
In the wake of Biden’s humiliating exit from Afghanistan, there are those in the EU gentry class again revisiting the possibility of a pan-European army. What’s happening with all that NATO unity we are constantly reminded of? Also, why does Washington stay in Syria after being defeated in Afghanistan? …
War on terror 2.0?
For many of us the end of the American war in Afghanistan was inevitable. In the end the conflict was more about a massive grift than about nation-building and smart strategic thinking. Joe Biden says the US is done with remaking foreign countries through the use of force. There is no reason to take the American president at his word. …
