The Decline of the West: Why America Must Prepare for the End of Dominance
The Decline of the West: Why America Must Prepare for the End of Dominance The U.S. will remain powerful, yes, but the world is changing. A U.S. Navy officer points to a map / Reuters Those of us who write about foreign policy--or any topic, for that matter--yearn for the day when the president of the United States lauds our work. That is exactly what happened in January to Robert Kagan, a fellow
Conflict or Cooperation?
"Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slave of some defunct economist," John Maynard Keynes once wrote. Politicians and pundits view the world through instincts and assumptions rooted in some philosopher's Big Idea. Some ideas are old and taken for granted throughout society. For most Americans, it is the ideas of the liberal tra
Where Do Bad Ideas Come From?
We would all like to think that humankind is getting smarter and wiser and that our past blunders won’t be repeated. Bookshelves are filled with such reassuring pronouncements, from the sage advice offered by Richard Neustadt and Ernest May in Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Makers to the rosy forecasts of Matt Ridley’s The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves, not to menti
Chalmers Johnson
I have just heard that Chalmers Johnson died a few hours ago, at age 79, at his home near San Diego. He had had a variety of health problems for a long time. (Photo source here.) Johnson -- "Chal" -- was a penetrating, original, and influential scholar, plus a very gifted literary and conversational stylist. When I first went to Japan nearly 25 years ago, his MITI and the Japanese Miracle was alre
PS - The World's Opinion Page
Joseph E. Stiglitz Tech companies know that if there is an open, democratic debate about data security, consumers’ concerns about digital safeguards will win out. And while the industry's lobbyists tried to ensure that no such debate could ever occur, one of their more cynical moves has now been exposed and thwarted. details how the industry tried to slip extraordinary protections against regulati
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The international system is not all gloom and doom
Back from the beach: My reading list
http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/globlogization/2010/7/29/to-shrink-the-gap-for-real-starts-with-fixing-broken-windows.html
Hawks, doves, and realists
