One of the most fascinating features of religious cults is that their tenets are impervious to empirical refutation, or even disconfirmation. Every apparent exception to the reigning narrative, every refractory datum, has a ready explanation compatible with the story...
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Why We Should Study China
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jul 29, 2022 | Blog, Foreign Policy
I would posit that there is no civilization so utterly foreign to Americans than China. Often, American impressions of China are informed by preconceptions, myth, and fear of the other. For the average American, the sum of all knowledge about China is derived...
Taiwan and Our ‘Feigned Ambiguity’
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jul 26, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
To observers and experts alike, the United States’ Taiwan policy is as clear as Joe Biden’s dementia babble. That said, Biden’s episodes of word salad have not prevented him from pledging to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion. In fact, since his presidency began,...
The Fake China Threat and Its Very Real Danger
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jul 25, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
From the front pages of The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, the Economist, to The New York Times’ Best Sellers List; from CNN and MSNBC to FOX and NEWSMAX; from think tanks to Pentagon planners, congressional testimonies and White House...
A Veteran Explains Why People Aren’t Joining the Military
by John Vaughn | Jul 20, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
A new report from NBC news has generated a lot of discussion about the relationship between the military and American society. Especially from right-leaning commentators, much of the blame is placed on the current administration and the apparent increase of “woke”...
U.S. House Endorses Accepting Finland and Sweden Into NATO, 394 to 18
by Dave DeCamp | Jul 20, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
The bipartisan consensus for expanding NATO remains strong as the House approved a resolution on Monday endorsing Sweden and Finland’s memberships in a vote of 394-18, with only Republicans voting in opposition. On Tuesday, the Senate Armed Services Committee easily...
A Vital Book for Sane People
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jul 18, 2022 | Book Reviews, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The top seller on Amazon for books devoted to war and peace as of this writing, Scott Horton's newest offering, Hotter than the Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, is a timely must read. As Washington barrels heedlessly along into Cold War II, the American public...
Credibility and the ‘Xinjiang Police Files’
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jul 14, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since at least February 2018, a German-born anthropologist named Adrian Zenz has alleged that China is persecuting the Uyghurs, a Turkic Muslim minority that inhabits Xinjiang, China’s westernmost autonomous region. Zenz is a Senior Fellow at the Victims of Communism...