“Predictions sound like facts, but they are not.” That line, repeated by Carissa Véliz, an AI researcher at Oxford, in her new work Prophecy: Prediction, Power, […]
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The Morality of Power: War, Virtue, and the Pursuit of Harmony in Asian Statecraft
While the Western tradition often invoked the idea of a “just war” (bellum iustum) to legitimize expansion or ideological ambition, Asian thought framed military force […]
The Collapse of Nationalist China: Corruption, Military Defeat, and the Limits of American Power
Chongqing became China’s wartime capital during World War II. At the time, the Western Allies looked at China and saw a superpower in the making. […]
Vietnam’s Warrior Queen: Why This General is Still Honored Today
I’m standing at the foot of the massive statue of Lê Chân in the heart of Haiphong, Vietnam’s legendary port city. Most people know Haiphong today as […]
The Manufactured Exodus: How Zionism Uprooted the Arab World’s Jews
When Israel is described as a European colonial project, the Zionist standard rebuttal is demographic: “Nearly half of Israeli Jews are Mizrahi (from the Middle […]
China, Not the U.S., Is the Real Winner of Trump’s Venezuela Gambit
America’s Aggression, China’s Ascendancy It sounds counterintuitive: the U.S. seizes Venezuelan oil, yet China may be the biggest beneficiary. On the surface, mainstream media frames […]
Hilarious! The Western Media’s Russia Narrative Is Shifting From Economic Collapse To Overheating.
During my recent trip to Russia, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the country’s economy is flourishing. Nothing is missing: groceries and other everyday […]