Month: January 2023

Elgin Marbles Back To Athens?

Thanks to an agreement under negotiation, the Parthenon marbles could be given to Greece for a long-term loan.

Possible Truce for Yemen

According to UN special envoy Hans Grundberg, a new truce in Yemen may be at hand.

A Lawmaker’s Guide to the Next Fiscal Crisis

Every government with debt on hand, and especially those with debt levels that are already unsustainable, must get to work on a contingency plan for the coming recession.

Scholz Appoints Unlikely New Defense Minister 

Scholz Appoints Unlikely New Defense Minister 

Given that Germany’s Bundeswehr is ailing—a matter compounded by the Russo-Ukrainian war—the task set before Boris Pistorius is nothing if not daunting.

January 19, 2023
Overcoming the Problem of Race: <br>A Reflection on the <em>Towards the Common Good Conference</em>

Overcoming the Problem of Race: <br>A Reflection on the <em>Towards the Common Good Conference</em>

One thing that was painfully missing was the kind of ‘common good conservatism’ that takes seriously the public nature of the moral law, which may have helped to bring to the conversation about race some lasting solutions.

January 19, 2023
How Globalism Digests Nations: Deindustrialization and the International Division of Labour

How Globalism Digests Nations: Deindustrialization and the International Division of Labour

Globalism requires that societies accept their place in a global division of labour, and the principal political agent facilitating this is the anti-worker, pro-woke Left, with a complicit centre-Right as rearguard.

January 18, 2023
Helicopter Crash Kills Ukrainian Interior Minister and Senior Officials 

Helicopter Crash Kills Ukrainian Interior Minister and Senior Officials 

Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi is the most senior Ukrainian official to die since the war began nearly one year ago.

January 18, 2023
French Government To Reload an Ambitious Nuclear Policy

French Government To Reload an Ambitious Nuclear Policy

Despite unanimity on the need for the project, the debates are stormy. The opposition will not fail to seize the opportunity to denounce the inconsistencies of President Emmanuel Macron, his about-face on this eminently strategic issue.

January 18, 2023
First Time in Decades: China’s Population in Decline

First Time in Decades: China’s Population in Decline

The negative turn in China’s population growth came earlier than expected and signals severe economic and political hardships ahead, as the country “has become older before it has become rich.”

January 18, 2023
Erdoğan Alters NATO Deal, Demands Extradition of Up to 130 ‘Terrorists’

Erdoğan Alters NATO Deal, Demands Extradition of Up to 130 ‘Terrorists’

NATO membership for Sweden and Finland appears at the mercy of Turkey’s ever-expanding demands.

January 18, 2023
Europe’s Largest Cache of Rare Minerals Found in Sweden

Europe’s Largest Cache of Rare Minerals Found in Sweden

The deposit is mostly composed of iron ore, but in addition to the rare minerals, it also contains a significant amount of phosphorus—seven times the amount found in the company’s current operational mines.

January 18, 2023
Occasional Dialogues: Harrison Pitt interviews <strong>Yoram Hazony</strong>

Occasional Dialogues: Harrison Pitt interviews <strong>Yoram Hazony</strong>

In this episode of our “Occasional Dialogues” series, Harrison Pitt sits down with Yoram Hazony to discuss the state of British politics and whether Hazony’s national conservatism movement might be able to breathe new life into an ailing, directionless Tory Party.

January 18, 2023
Green Activists Criticize World Leaders in Davos

Green Activists Criticize World Leaders in Davos

Protesters are concerned that the summit could turn into a “greenwashing exercise.”

January 17, 2023
Top Marine General in Japan: U.S. Preparing for War With China  

Top Marine General in Japan: U.S. Preparing for War With China  

Lieutenant General James Bierman likened the U.S.’s current military preparations in the Asia-Pacific region to those it took in Ukraine post-2014.

January 17, 2023
Return of the Gold Standard?

Return of the Gold Standard?

Any move in the gold-standard direction must be guided by pragmatism, not dogmatism.

January 17, 2023