No Real Economic Reforms In China The Communist Party needs to control the economy, in order to stay in power
WASHINGTON – Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, with all his government and Goldman Sachs private sector expertise, (he was...
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Tsipras Goes To Moscow The Greek Prime Minister wants us to know that he looks at Vladimir Putin as a good friend
WASHINGTON – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thought that it was a good idea to pay a visit to...
Kissinger And Shultz Issue Strong Warning About Iran Nuclear Deal The agreement will leave Iran's facilities intact. Difficult to verify compliance. What will Saudi Arabia do?
WASHINGTON – If you want a detailed but highly readable critique of Obama’s Iran’s nuclear deal, I strongly encourage...
April 4th Was NATO’s Anniversary This date marks the beginning of the most extarordinary security and political alliance in modern history. But nobody paid any attention
WASHINGTON – April 4th 2015 came and went. Nobody paid any attention to this date. And why should they?...
The Republicans Should Promote a Genuine Opportunity Society Creating a sound macroeconomic environment is not enough. Millions of poor Americans have no access to education and real jobs
WASHINGTON – Despite recent electoral victories, US Republicans may be condemned to irrelevance. And this is because of...
Iran: Diplomacy Could Succeed Only If Backed By The Threat Of An Attack Without any threat to coerce via military means, negotiations with a hostile power are doomed to fail
WASHINGTON – Optimistic commentators talking about the upcoming nuclear deal with Iran stress the importance of allowing “diplomacy” to deliver its...
The Bergdahl Release Fiasco This US soldier is now charged with desertion. Yet the White House stated that he had served with "honor and distinction"
WASHINGTON – It is now official that Sgt. Bowe Bergdhal, held prisoner by the Taliban for many years, has...
Lee Kuan Yew Built Singapore – Great Deed? This super efficient city-state will soon be empty. Singapore women have the lowest fertility rate in the world
WASHINGTON – Lee Kuan Yew, the architect of modern Singapore is dead. He ruled Singapore for 30 years as...
How Big A Threat From Jihadist Organizations? Too much hype coming from the media. There is danger; but it is not that big
WASHINGTON – The tricky part of any asymmetric warfare threat –now I am referring to the anti-Western Jihadist organizations...
Cheap Fossil Fuels Killed Renewable Energy Wind and solar had a brief moment of glory because of political mandates. But now there is just too much cheap oil and gas
WASHINGTON – Renewable energy had its great moment when we had the convergence between Global Warming predictions (or prophesies?)...