He is a man ruined by his own failings, yes, but also by the machinery of privilege that shaped him, protected him and ultimately discarded him when he became too embarrassing to save. In that sense, his tragedy is not just his own.
As Washington and Beijing exchange economic fire, it is the periphery – Southeast Asia, India, Australasia – that absorbs the blast and finds new room to grow. The new trade map of the 2020s is not drawn along ideological lines but logistical ones.
A far more serious threat is posed by what energy analyst Vijay Jayaraj calls “the voracious EV supply chain.”
If we are willing to compromise this much now, how will we fare when we are faced with real persecution during the years ahead?
The international force to run Gaza in coming years is built on the Abraham Accords.
Today, the events are rhyming with the events that led to WWI. There is a lot known about the reasons for WWII, and Hitler is everybody’s fascist to denounce, but before him, there was another insecure German leader who helped launch World War I.
Everywhere, conquest and migration and displacement are woven into the fabric of local history.
It’s a silence more revealing than any chant. It exposes the moral bankruptcy of those who posture as humanitarians while echoing the slogans of Hamas.
Peace dawning in the Middle East, Trump triumphant.
When I visited the Gaza envelope earlier this year, I took one critical question with me and now I think I have an answer.
Politicians lack the skills required to end wars. Churchill and Trump are possible exceptions but I don’t regard either of them as politicians. These are the types of people the world could do with a lot more of: strong, determined and committed to sorting out the issues.
As is currently fashionable to say when cancelling someone, Trump’s values do not align with those of the committee and the ideals of the prize.
