Venezuela: Don’t Blame the Victim

“Nothing is easier than to be idealistic on behalf of others.” Karl Marx, 1858  Under cover of night, the US military kidnapped the lawful Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and…

China Closes America’s Drone Skies

Beijing Has Just Reminded Washington That Sanctions Can Travel in the Opposite Direction Too “For decades, Washington turned sanctions into an extension of its power. Beijing has just reminded it that when…

Anatomy of Power V.

The Sixth Muscle of Power “Empires have spent centuries perfecting five great muscles of power. Perhaps the twenty-first century will require them to develop a sixth: ‘wisdom,’ so as not to destroy…