President Obama’s accelerated “drawdown” of US troops in Afghanistan will, at the very least, create a power vacuum; and the list of candidates to fill it is not encouraging. No serious analyst believes the government of Hamid Karzai will get
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Germany continues to insist that Greece be allowed to default Greece 2 year bonds – 39.0% Germany’s panel of economy advisers is urging a default on Greece’s debt, with a “haircut” on existing bonds
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. U.S. and Vietnam launch joint naval exercises amid tensions with China Col. Nguyen Van Lam, center, greets U.S. Rear Admiral Tom Carney with flowers on Friday (Reuters) The U.S. and Vietnam launched a series
“The incubation period of the opera (Nixon In China) was rife with serious second-thoughts, by no less than Adams (the composer) himself, who initially resisted the proposal made by Peter Sellars (the director), a progressively radical director whose idea the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. China slams Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama Dalai Lama says to President Obama: ‘My Nobel Peace Prize is bigger than your Nobel Peace Prize!’ China accused the United States on Sunday of “grossly”
This is one part of a running series entitled “Indoctrination Fridays,” a weekly review of leftist propaganda incorporated into public school curriculum and geared towards elementary students. For more of the series, please visit PublicSchoolSpending.com. The real targets of the
From the point of view of generational theory, a crisis era turns into a crisis war between two countries following a series of shocks and surprises, with each side crossing some kind of “red line,” and the other side making
A New York Supreme Court judge ruled in favor of a group of Israeli terror victims in a lawsuit against the Bank of China on Friday, allowing the case to move forward. The 84 plaintiffs allege that the Bank of
Are Pakistan and the United States about to get a divorce? The United States is threatening to cut aid, holding back some $800 million, nearly a third of the $2 billion that we give the country every year. Now Pakistan
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. China criticizes South China Sea drills in Mike Mullen’s visit China’s General Chen Bingde greets Admiral Mike Mullen in Beijing on Monday (Xinhua) In recent weeks, the United States has conducted joint naval exercises
The United Nations recently put together a report critical of social conditions in Germany. And who did the UN rely on for the report? Germany’s left-leaning Der Spiegel reports that they relied on an organization formed by ex-Stasi spies unhappy
From the Associated Press: BEIJING — The United States is spending too much on its military in light of its recent economic troubles, China’s top general said Monday while playing down his country’s own military capabilities. The chief of the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Emergency EU meeting on Monday will discuss crisis in Italy Italy 10-year bond yields (Bloomberg) A sharp spike in Italy’s bond yields (interest rates) on Friday, combined with the fact that Italy has the
Sometimes we wonder if what has become obvious to a majority of Americans really has eluded our ruling class in Washington. “We don’t have a precise read on why this slower pace of growth is persisting,” said Federal Reserve Chief
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Rebels make gains in western Libya Rebel fighters in training Fighting is still going on in Libya. Rebels captured the town of al-Qawalish in western Libya from Gaddafi supporters after a six hour battle.
Read part one of this series here. In William Strauss and Neil Howe’s Generations, the babies born 1925-1942 are classified as members of the “Silent Generation.” These were the kids who grew up during the crises of the Great Depression
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Hugo Chavez makes triumphant return to Venezuela Chavez hugs his daughters on the balcony of Maraflores Pales in Caracas, July 4, 2011 (Reuters) Well, apparently he fooled everyone. When Hugo Chávez gave his televised
When Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, in Cuba for an operation, gave a pre-recorded TV address on Thursday evening to announce that he had cancer, said that he was fine, and that he was still running the country as a long-distance
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Israel, Greece and Turkey cooperate to stall the Gaza flotilla The U.S. flotilla ship ‘Audacity of Hope’ is being kept from leaving port for Gaza by Greek coast guard A growing strategic relationship between
There is no where else in the media where you can get this much depth and this much time on serious national security issues with a presidential candidate. Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Presidential candidate, Senator Rick Santorum
There were two key proposals made on Tuesday, as the Greece debt crisis worsens every day, and EU officials remain paralyzed. Wen Jiabao and Angela Merkel on Tuesday (Xinhua) During a 5-day tour of Europe, China’s Premier Wen Jiaboa met
Producing oil from coal is a technology that has been around for a long time. Germany used it to fuel its tanks and aircraft during World War II and South Africa is using it today to provide about 30 percent
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Iran fires test missiles able to reach US and Israeli targets Iranian revolutionary Guards personnel watch a missile launch on Tuesday. (Payvand) Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps first 14 domestically manufactured missiles on Tuesday
We are told Fareed Zakaria is an intelligent man, a man of letters and a journalist. With his latest article in TIME, I’m just not seeing it. It is full of contradictions and transparent attacks on conservatives followed by praise
Traitors, Spies and Terrorists: America’s Internal Security Crisis The connections between 1960s, 70s and 80s leftist terrorist groups like the FALN, Black Panthers and Weather Underground, Cuba and our current government, are truly unnerving. America’s Survival will examine these and
