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Poland’s Path To Remarkable Prosperity February 21, 2025

Browsing social media, I recently came across a map showing all the countries with GDP per capita higher than Poland’s back in 1990 and in 2018. The difference was striking. While 35 years ago there were quite a few such countries, not only in Europe...

Poland

Fighting Back Against Digital Authoritarianism February 21, 2025

social media

Why Elbridge Colby Matters February 21, 2025

Elbridge Colby is Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as under secretary of defense for policy, but Sen. Tom Cotton is thinking about derailing his nomination. Colby not only has the president’s support, he’s also been defended on social media by the lea...

neoconservatism

Could Ukraine Have Avoided War With Russia? February 20, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is, according to a President Donald J. Trump social media post on Wednesday, a “dictator without elections”! Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Trump’s statement was “utterly despicable.” Is the Senator’s anger justif...

Ukraine

Ukraine Must Be Involved in Peace Talks February 18, 2025

Last week, various news outlets reported that senior officials from the Trump-Vance administration would be meeting with their Russian counterparts to discuss an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The negotiations are expected to take place this...

The Munich Attack Reveals a Terrorized Germany February 17, 2025

No nation should be expected to put up with this. The Munich attack yesterday, in which a Mini Cooper ploughed into a trade-union march, injuring nearly 40 people, was the fifth time in nine months that Germans flicked open social media or turned on ...

To Stop Antisemitism, Find the Source February 10, 2025

People aren’t born antisemetic; they learn to hate Judaism from their surrounding culture. To counteract the rapid spread of antisemitism in the West, we must identify the source of its influence in our societies. Here are a few points to understand ...

U.S. is Reasserting Their Superpower Role February 04, 2025

As I have written elsewhere, I have always been suspicious of the idea of an emerging multipolar world order. This does not mean that it will never happen, but there is a difference between inevitable and imminent. At the time of writing the United S...

United States Senate

Beijing’s Play for Taiwan’s Young Voices Intensifies September 05, 2024

In early June, Taiwanese celebrities and influencers offered a rare window into a little understood way that China is seeking to exert influence on the island’s information space. Within the span of just a few days, multiple singers, actors, and YouT...

The Drift Toward Unfreedom September 03, 2024

Every generation in a democratic country has had to decide the right balance between individual liberty, national security and community wellbeing. ...

free speech

Brazilians Feel Impact of Social Media Blackout September 03, 2024

The showdown between Musk and Brazil’s highest court is quickly gaining world attention as millions wait in anticipation to see if the Tesla and SpaceX founder will stand his ground as a free speech absolutist against Brazilian Supreme Court Chief Ju...

Brazil