China’s Economic Slump is Here to Stay
China’s Economic Slump Is Here to Stay Growth rates are flagging as an unsustainable mountain of debt piles up that cannot realistically be repaid. time.com
Geography Limits China’s Possibilities as a Sea Power
Despite some easing of U.S.-China tensions, there remains a steady drumbeat of pundit and politician warnings about the supposed dire military threat from China. I […]
The Higher They Fly, the Harder They Fall
American playwright and humorist George Ade coined the maxim, “the higher they fly, the harder they fall,” toward the end of the Gilded Age more […]
USA and China Are Not Spoiling for a Fight
During peacetime, there are various ways to assess the risk of war. However, the focus of most pundits is on words and superficial actions. Words […]
Why Weren’t Ancient Disputes Settled by Negotiation Rather Than War?
(Based on an answer posted to Quora) I disagree with arguments that say it is human nature to fight wars. Archeology and history show that […]
Global Regional Trading Alliances: a Brief History and Overview
based on an answer submitted on Quora There are many regional trading alliances in the history of the world. They are too numerous to list, […]
Trump’s Collapse Clears the Way for Biden’s Revised China Policy
President Donald Trump’s self-destructive narcissism has culminated in the dramatic collapse of his political movement and opened severe rifts in the Republican Party. This, combined […]
Trump’s Failure in North Korea
Trump accomplished nothing in North Korea, just as with his various trade wars, because he tried only threats and bullying but no quid quo pro […]
What Finally Ended the Great Depression?
Based on an answer submitted on Quora There were two stages of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. The first stage, 1933–35, involving devaluing the dollar […]
America’s Three Most Important Allies during WWII against Japan
The USA carried a larger share of the World War II burden against Japan, as compared with the European theater, where it was more broadly […]
Trump’s Desperation Shapes 2020 Election
Trump’s desperate need to win re-election has become more obvious this week, even before the recent news that he has caught COVID-19. Many pundits ascribe […]
Remembering Sherle Schwenninger
My friend and colleague Sherle Schwenniger passed away recently. He will be sorely missed. He was a key program organizer and author at the World […]
How did Eisenhower deal with Communism?
Answer by James H. Nolt Eisenhower had two main ways to deal with the Cold War perceptions of the Communist threat: one was emphasizing covert […]
The Deliberate Origins of World War I
The origins of World War I remain enveloped in myth, more than a century later, despite vast amounts of available information. There is an influential […]