Category: Geopolitics

Dire Straits: Energy in Europe

by Peter Zeihan on April 13, 2023 Horrible views today up on the Isthmus Peak Trail in New Zealand. Europe’s energy situation looked pretty dire last year as concerns began to mount over the impending winter season. Thankfully they dodged a bullet this year, but how many more […]

Israel’s Deferred Democracy

Sponsored by Lionel Gelber Prize Joshua Leifer Whose Constitution, Whose Democracy? Many opponents of Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul have called for Israel to finally draft a constitution, but any serious attempt will mean choosing between a democratic state and one that privileges Jewish citizens above all others. Alizeh Kohari Flipping […]

Environmentalists Are China’s Useful Idiots

By Joel Kotkin In his drive to achieve absolute power, Vladimir Lenin could count on Western progressives and opportunist executives to serve as “useful idiots.” Today’s most prominent Communist, China’s Xi Jinping, can count on similar help, this time from the West’s environmentalist, corporate elites. Nowhere is this […]

The New Great Game

By Joel Kotkin The Western response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is widely seen as a sign of a reinvigorated alliance of democracies against authoritarianism. Even historically anti-war publications like the Guardian speak volubly about the West’s heroic “defense of liberty.” Raising concerns about petty issues like […]