July, 2023

• 24 July

  Erdogan Looks West: What Does It Mean For Putin? – Analysis

  

  In the lead-up to his toughest election battle in two decades, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not hesitate to bash Western allies and principles, seeking to bolster support from conservative and nationalist voters and distract them from his dismal economic record in recent years. Erdogan campaigned against rights for …

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• 24 July

  Modern Socialism Is Forced Socialization – OpEd

  

  My article “The Education of the Modern Socialist” deserves a follow-up. The first part showed that a change has occurred in the definition of “socialism”—a necessary change in view of the failures of this ideology during the last century. Socialism today is based on the ideology of “statism”—the conviction that …

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• 24 July

  The Education of the Modern Socialist

  Libertarians often wonder why socialism continues to be so popular, even though it has proved to be such a failure as a political ideology and as an economic system. Though a public education system and a biased mainstream media are key reasons for this, the stubborn resiliency of socialism is …

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• 24 July

  Cantillon Effects: Why Inflation Helps Some and Hurts Others

  We now turn our attention to what happens with an increase in the money supply, rather than an increase in savings. This is critically important. The mercantilist idea that increasing the money supply increases prosperity was exposed as an error centuries ago by Richard Cantillon.1 However, modern mainstream economists, including …

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• 24 July

  Invisible Islamism In Indonesia’s 2024 Elections – Analysis

  

  The 2024 Indonesian elections are fast approaching. Prospective presidential candidates are already on the campaign trail and holding ‘horse-trading’ negotiations to select their vice-presidential nominees. It is a good time to re-examine the potential role of a powerful interest group that increasingly has sway in the largest Muslim-majority nation — …

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• 24 July

  Geography, Bureaucracy, And National Security: The New Map – Analysis

  

  In concluding part I of this study, we quoted then-Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger, who observed that the setup of the US national security system made sense “when most conflicts were regional” in scope and nature.

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• 24 July

  Iran’s Mullahs Escalating Aggression in Latin America, Middle East

  

  Thanks to the appeasement policies of the Biden and Obama Administrations, the ruling mullahs of Iran, called by the US State Department the top state sponsor of terrorism, have now also emerged as a major arms exporter. Moreover, coupled with imminent nuclear bombs, they appear determined to ramp up their …

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• 24 July

  Histoires françafricaines

  

  Retour sur les histoires françafricaines occultées de la mémoire collective par le magistère intellectuel, médiatique et politique français. Peu abordée par les médias, par les universitaires, par les historiens, par les politiques cette histoire de prédation (néo)coloniale se poursuit dans l’ombre pour mieux se répéter. L’amnésie cultivée par nombre de …

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• 23 July

  Iran’s Anger Over Russia’s Position On Ormuz Islands Prompts Moscow To Back Down – Analysis

  

  The growing importance of Iran for the Russian Federation and the shift in relative power between the two countries has been highlighted by a remarkable set of exchanges between Tehran and Moscow over the past week. On July 12, Moscow signed on to a declaration by the Arab Gulf states …

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• 23 July

  Xi Jinping’s Vision For The Middle East – Analysis

  

  Chinese leader Xi Jinping clearly aspires to establish a new global economic order centered around Beijing, not Washington. However, a new global economic order cannot be built in a day. The immensity of this challenge has forced Xi to set his sights on a set of interim goals. These include …

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