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Our 2023 calls: The Age of Globalisation Gives Way to the Age of Anxiety

Yellow Bello (Ezzy's Education: Part 13), By Garrett Murch

Why the Democrats' Christmas gift to Zelensky is a dangerous bridge too far

Football, Fatherlessness, and Fishing (Ezzy's Education, Part 12), By Garrett Murch

What the Ukraine War means

The greatest injustice of all (cont) (Ezzy's Education: Part 11), By Garrett Murch

The greatest injustice of all (Ezzy's Education: Part 10) By Garrett Murch

Why Twittergate matters

In Trunk We Trust (Ezzy's Education: Part 9) By Garrett Murch

China's protests remind us that our rivals have problems, too

Crypto and the age-old debate of rules versus discretion, by Publius

The end of Ezzy's escape (cont) (Ezzy's Education: Part 8) By Garrett Murch

As winter sets in, where the Russo-Ukraine war stands

FTX--A Classic American Scam, By J.L. Reiter

The End of Ezzy's Escape (Part 7: Ezzy's Education) by Garrett Murch

Midterm Wrap-Up: Republicans begin to solve their succession crisis; the Democrats have not

Ezzy's Education (Part 6: The Determined Fly Fisher) By Garrett Murch

Good political risk news in Brazil

Why do national debts matter and what can be done about them? By Publius

Final Midterm Intellectual Map Shows a Republican Rout

Ezzy's Education (Part 5: The Master Communicator (cont'd))

Reining in Biden to rein in Zelensky

Ezzy's Education (Part 4: The Master Communicator) by Garrett Murch

After the 20th Party Congress, Storm Clouds over China

Has the fat lady sung? By J.L. Reiter

Ezzy's Education (part 3); Machos and Mistresses (Cont).

The March of Folly, Part 3: Political Leaders, like all leaders, are first hired to do a particular job, By Publius

How to avoid a Nuclear War over Ukraine

Ezzy's Education (Part 2): Machos and Mistresses, by Garrett Murch

The muddled thinking at the heart of the UK pensions debacle, by Publius

Our US mid-term call: GOP to pick up 20-30 seats in the House, Senate to remain 50-50

Ezzy's Education: A story of politics invading a high school

Truss sails into the economic maelstrom, by Publius

The Pierre Principle, By J.L. Reiter

The US equity premium puzzle, by Publius

Reflections on a week in Washington: Realism and Restraint are blessedly taking over the Republican Party

How should Europe respond to the gas price spike? By Publius

Thoughts on her late Majesty The Queen, By J.L. Reiter

The post-mortem for an age: The era of globalisation is definitively over

The Ukraine War is about to reach a climax

Biden's political 'comeback' is little more than the media's wishful thinking

U.S. Education--Throwing Good Money After Bad, By J.L. Reiter

The rise of Anthony Fauci and the fall of elite credibility

The US must not abdicate its strategic policy to Zelensky

Ignore the doom-mongers: Things stack up well for the US on the Indo-Pacific chessboard

The realist limits to helping Ukraine

Why the raid on Trump's house will only help him politically

What will US foreign policy look like after the Democrats' mid-term wipeout?

Gibson's bakery--A fable for the woke era, By J.L. Reiter

Pelosi highlights Biden's dangerous confusion over Taiwan

China isn't a rising power; And that's precisely the problem

Will Draghi's anti-democratic failure lead to the coming of the anti-democratic Troika in Italy?

Albums you must listen to before you die (Part 4): The Doors; By The Doors

The wreck of the Angela Merkel; The Stanley Baldwin Legacy

Is Covid China's first attempt to destroy all the rest of us? By Publius

We could use a woman like Margaret Thatcher Again, By J.L. Reiter

Sri Lanka pays the price for the ruinous radical green agenda of an out-of-touch Davos man

Albums You Must Listen To Before You Die (Part 3); If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, By The Mamas and the Papas

The Day of the Narcissist; Why Boris Johnson Fell

John Adams and the glorious 2nd (er, 4th)

Why don't we trust experts any more? By Publius

Putin's game plan and the West's coming crisis

Albums You Must Listen To Before You Die (Part 2): Pet Sounds; By Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys

In these dangerous times, the West's weak leaders cannot make the bold policy choices necessary to right the ship

How much inequality can we cope with? By Publius

January 6th is the Democrats' Groundhog Day, By J.L. Reiter

Albums You Must Listen To Before You Die (Part 1): Forever Changes; By Arthur Lee and Love

Political Risk Comes to France

Can capitalism save endangered species? By Publius

After Ukraine, the new global constellation of power looks a lot like the old Cold War

On a simple solution to pressing, short-term poverty, by Publius

Really: What is a woman? By J.L. Reiter

Avoiding the American foreign policy blob's characteristic overstretch regarding Ukraine

Why we knew Boris Johnson was toast

Prices and Queues, By Publius

The trouble with Germany

The brewing Republican Foreign Policy Civil War is the biggest underreported story in US politics

What is the inflation outlook? By Publius

The decline of American academia, By J.L. Reiter

As Russia advances in Luhansk, Putin's strategic plan becomes clear

Biden is right to see that the Indo-Pacific is the key to the game

The savings of nations, By Publius

Western unity over Ukraine will prove increasingly fleeting

The Spaghetti Westerns: Once Upon a Time in the West

The stakes rise in the Donbas

Making taxation fit for the 21st Century, By Publius

Planned Parenthood's Hard Left Turn, By J.L. Reiter

The Spaghetti Westerns: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

Why Putin's Much Ado About Nothing Speech Actually Tells Us A Lot

Elon Musk to the Rescue, By J.L. Reiter

Getting beyond the schadenfreude: My unlikely defence of German foreign policy

The Spaghetti Westerns: For a Few Dollars More

Our American mid-term election prediction: The coming Republican tsunami

The March of Folly Part 2: Political Leaders do not have the same interests as the people they rule, By Publius

Junk Journalism Kills Trust, by J.L. Reiter

Over Ukraine, the war aims on both sides are evolving; the conflict has a long way to run

The Spaghetti Westerns: Fistful of Dollars

Walking and chewing gum at the same time: While the world obsesses about Ukraine, the Chinese make a move in the Indo-Pacific

The case for a Russian victory in the Donbas

Give me back my language, By J.L. Reiter

For all his verbal calisthenics, Partygate will still be the end of Boris

Hitchcock through the decades: The 1960s

Income tax, welfare, and some inconvenient truths By Publius

The world turned upside down: The geopolitical ramifications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Springtime for Nato

Hitchcock through the decades: The 1950s

The second phase of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; A political risk analysis

The March of Folly Part 1: Why do politicians so often damage the economies of the countries they govern? By Publius

Forgive Student Debt? Hell, No By J.L. Reiter

While the mainstream media obsess about Trump, the Biden presidency terminally flounders

Hitchcock through the decades: The 1940s

The Presidential Puzzle, by Publius

Will Smith, Patton Oswalt, and the Age of Apologies, By J.L. Reiter

Making sense of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Part 6: The outlines of a peace deal?)

Hitchcock through the decades: The 1930s

Making sense of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Part 5: Weeks where decades happen)

A Realist Corrective to the Ukraine Crisis (Part 2: President Zelensky is impressive; but his interests are not the same as the rest of the West)

Companies' Woke Stands Come with Real Risks, by J.L. Reiter

Making sense of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Part 4: Avoiding the worst)

Is economic winter coming, again? By Publius

The Star Trek Guide to our Culture, by J.L. Reiter

A realist corrective to the Ukraine Crisis: It is time for a new Truman-Eisenhower Moment to protect democracies in our new era

Why is democracy useful, if it is? By Publius

Making sense of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Part 3: Putin's miscalculations birth a new world)

The Parents' Revolt, By J.L. Reiter

Making Sense of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine (Part 2: The Blitzkrieg Fails)

Why hasn't the EU been a superpower...until now? By Publius

Making Sense of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

P.J. O'Rourke: Last of a dying breed

Making Sense of the Ukraine Crisis (Part 3: How Lawrence of Arabia points to a Ukrainian victory over Putin)

Making Sense of the Ukraine Crisis (Part 2: "When you draw the sword you roll the dice...")

Making Sense of the war in Ukraine

Lia Thomas and the Cognitive Dissonance of Trans in Sport, By J.L. Reiter

Germany's problems make Europe unable to deal with Russia

The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable, Part 8 (Epilogue: Critics)

What Putin Wants

Playing Hard to Get is the Key to Voters Getting What they Want

Regarding Joe Rogan, It's Not OK, Boomer

America's founders would be with Canada's truckers

The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable (Part 7: Creating a New Order)

Boris Johnson and the Marie Antoinette Problem

Black Lives Matter, Where Are Your Lieders?

Putin is taking advantage of the fact that a united West doesn't exist anymore

Monica Vitti, L'Avventura, and the Decadence to Come

The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable (Part 6); The Realist

How the pandemic will remake American politics

Supreme Court Folly: The lunacy of more racism to combat racism, by J.L. Reiter

The Beatles' Magical Middle Years

The Godfather; A Foreign Policy Parable (Part 5)

Why Reparations are Wrong

Why Hemingway Matters

The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable(Part 4)

Profiles in Gutlessness: We must stop pretending Europe is a great power

Why Biden is failing

The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable (Part 3)

No, Boris, the rules are not just for the little people; it's time for you to go

The way the wind is blowing in Europe: Meloni, Pecresse, and Merz

The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable (Part 2)

A Free Man Replies to Emmanuel Macron

The Godfather Doctrine: A Foreign Policy Parable (Part 1)

4 Reasons Putin Will Invade Ukraine