China moves to regain iron ore market power
Chinese attempts to rebalance market power vulnerabilities in the iron ore marketare part of a larger, long-running exercise in pursuit of market
Reason-Vision-Virtue
Children: The Measure of a Society
“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.” These words, attributed to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, echo
Why is Britain now openly admitting the death of British soldiers in Ukraine?
The civilian head of NATO, former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, gave a speech in Berlin this week in which he stated
Israel’s Gaza Proxy Strategy is Collapsing
Rejecting both Hamas’ rule and the PA’s return, Israel was reduced to bargaining with Gaza’s outcasts, men whose only common cause with
Aristocracy, Meritocracy, Technocracy, and Revolution
Westerners have begun to notice that much of the old aristocracy supposedly supplanted by the “meritocracy” remains nonetheless in charge. Surprise! A
Sick Europe
Every decision is only half a decision. Today, Europe is under pressure not only from Trump. It is also under threat from
No room for toxic Blair on Gaza peace council
Blair’s humiliation is not a footnote in the saga of Gaza. It is a testament to a truth this region knows intimately:
The Heartland vs. the Rimland: Decoding India and China’s Indian Ocean Rivalry
The India–China competition in the IOR is not defined by dramatic confrontations but by contrasting strategic logics. China’s inside-out Heartland model gives
Why did modern science and scientism emerge in Western Europe?
If Western Christianity was, in a way, rationalist, then Western Europe has spent more time as rationalist than as Christian – and
The AI Illusion: How Technocracy Threatens Human Freedom
AI is increasingly positioned not as a tool but as an administrative authority over knowledge, economy, and behavior. The illusion is that