Can We Contain the Dragon?
This essay was originally published on January 13, 2022 by Law & Liberty. The United States has coasted on its Cold War success for thirty…
China need not win the Fourth Industrial Revolution race
A call to restore the US public-private partnership model of the ’60s Apollo Program and ’80s Strategic Defense Initiative We are currently in the midst of a Fourth Industrial…
Own Nothing and Love It
An unholy alliance of planners, financiers, and leftists wants everyone to live in mass social housing developments. From the ancient world to modern times, the class of small property…
America’s Authoritarian Left
Suppression of speech and political activity from the usual sources A troubling development in contemporary American politics is the emergence and normalization of authoritarian tendencies. I refer not to…
Slow Boat from China
This essay was originally published by The American Mind on October 27, 2021. What happens when the weakest link in the chain is you? To some…
How America Can Lose the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Why We Failed in Afghanistan
Following the ignominious end to a 20-year effort, American foreign-policy elites must reassess their ambitions and assumptions. We were officials in the Department of Justice two decades ago when al-Qaeda…
China’s Attempt to Avoid the American Tech Monopoly Trap
One of the great paradoxes of recent economic history is how little the information technology sector has contributed to overall productivity. Economist Raicho Bojilov examined total factor productivity across…
The Rise of Corporate-State Tyranny
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US is chasing China’s tail on 5G
Super-fast data speed is not the point. The future is in robots talking to each other and response is the key. Chinese manufacturers have installed about 5,000 private 5G…