Civilization – Schirach Report

Timid Obama Unwilling To Blame Russia For The Shooting Down Of Malaysia Airlines 777 Calling for an international investigation is meaningless, as the tragedy occurred in a war zone

WASHINGTON – President Obama’s speech about the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 over Eastern Ukraine is...

The Fourth Of July Is A Reminder To Appreciate The Gift Of Freedom The Founders believed that in freedom people would have the ability to pursue knowledge. And knowledge would create prosperity. They were mostly right

WASHINGTON– Today is the Fourth of July, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of 1776 –and America’s most...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk Both Defiant And Conciliatory In A Speech At The Atlantic Council The Ukrainian leader has received open support from President Obama on Crimea. But it is not clear how far the US and Europe are willing to go if Russia does not back down

By Paolo von Schirach March 12, 2014 WASHINGTON – The Western world seems to be united in its support...

Financial Aid To The Ukraine? Great Idea But Huge Costs Turning the Ukraine around will cost billions of dollars over many years. Western policy-makers have to convince voters that this is a worthwhile effort.

By Paolo von Schirach March 10, 2014 WASHINGTON – A few days ago, I argued in a related piece...

With Or Without A Major Crisis In The Ukraine, Putin Determines The Agenda A timid West is in a reactive mode, mostly hoping that Putin will calm down and be nice

By Paolo von Schirach Related piece: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2014/03/03/ukraine-crisis-end-game-putin-gets-keep-crimea/ March 4, 2014 WASHINGTON – What is truly worrisome about the ongoing...

Democracy Is More Than Free Elections As America's Founders recognized, self-government is premised on sensible, educated citizens pursuing the common good on the basis of realistic ideas

By Paolo von Schirach February 15, 2014 WASHINGTON – In America many, including well-educated people, believe that “democracy” is really...

America And The World Are Against It, But Obama Now Must Act On Syria Politically speaking this is almost suicidal; but the President has no choice. He cannot retreat

By Paolo von Schirach September 7, 2013 WASHINGTON – From a purely political vantage point, Obama’s plan to punish...

With A Slowing Economy, China Is On Its Way To Becoming A “Normal” Country Construction boom and export-led manufacturing not as strong as before. Huge amounts of bad loans. Environmental disaster

By Paolo von Schirach July 15, 2013 WASHINGTON – If you listen to Beijing Government officials, everything in China’s economy is...

Bernanke Says “Highly Accomodative Policies” Still Needed, And Markets Shoot Up It is bad when Central Bankers, rather than economic fundamentals, move markets. We end up with fake valuations

By Paolo von Schirach July 11, 2013 WASHINGTON – No, America, the Fed is not going to remove the...

Martin Feldstein’s Recipe For Southern Europe: Stimulus Now But Combined With Credible Public Spending Cuts Sensible idea. However, the problem is that "Club Med" is too tired and too weak. Limping along is the best it can do

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2013/07/08/europe-will-continue-bailing-out-its-weak-southern-members/ July 9, 2013 WASHINGTON – In a recent piece (see link above)...