Another Truce in the EU-Italy Budget Feud
Bravado made way for compromise, just as it did last year.
Daily Memo: Ukrainian Defenses, Demographic Declines, Italian Deficits
All the news worth knowing today.
Can Ethiopia Defy Its Own History?
When the country tries to function as a federation, it tends to suppress its people.
Daily Memo: The Global Economy, Iran’s Tactics, the US in Afghanistan
All the news worth knowing today.
Socialism and Capitalism
Socialism is a global political movement that emerged from the French Revolution. Its goal was to speak for the dispossessed, only sometimes as a democratic political party. In all of its guises, it has been a powerful political force in most of the world. In the United States, however, it has been relegated to the […]
Daily Memo: Trump and Kim Meet at the DMZ, Iran Enriches...
All the news worth knowing today.
Forecast Tracker: 2019 Second Quarter Update
The trade war roller coaster, the economy's other shoe, the offensive against Iran.
Daily Memo: Iran’s Uranium, State-on-State Fighting in Syria, Canada and China...
All the news worth knowing today.
Daily Memo: A US-China Cease-Fire, the US vs Everyone on Trade,...
All the news worth knowing today.
A Trip to Romania
The first time I visited post-communist Romania was in 2009, the same year my book “The Next 100 Years” was published. In it, I forecast that Russia would become increasingly aggressive and, over time, increasingly weak as its underlying economic problems manifested themselves. I also forecast that Ukraine would become the flashpoint between Russia and […]