Europe’s Coming Existential Crisis
Europe and the EU are at a crossroads. Down one road, Europe will become increasingly authoritarian and increasingly centralized, while its founding
Reason-Vision-Virtue
Iranians Struggle to Afford Groceries as Trump Squeezes Economy
For all of its resilience, Iran risks being tilted into a full wartime economy for the first time since it was invaded
Central Asia: The Space Between Empires
Central Asia has already shown that it can build such cooperation from the ground up. I was fortunate enough to witness—and occasionally
AES Condemns Nigeria
AES accuses Nigerian President of fueling regional tensions. The bloc comprising Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger summoned the Nigerian Chargé d’Affaires to
Energy without borders: Why the Middle East needs an energy Schengen
An Energy Schengen would not erase the political borders of the Middle East. Its objective is more limited — and perhaps more
Empathy’s Hue?
The racism good people cannot see is often embedded in what they have been taught not to feel. And until we confront
Nolan’s Odyssey Is About the End of an Epoch, Our Epoch
Nolan is a mature artist from the inner circle of Hollywood who has taken a classical work and turned it into a
Usury is Politics, Not Economics
A free market is measured, in the final analysis, by one’s right to leave it, as a truly voluntary system could only
From Bread and Circuses of the Romans to the World Cup of the Globalists: A Saga of Hegemony
The irony is that this grand FIFA circus is taking place while the host country is an accomplice to the genocide in
Discounting Demographic Realities
Although life expectancy continues to increase, especially at older ages, reforms such as gradually raising retirement ages, broadening the tax base, restructuring