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Once again, markets are crashing and taxpayers are bailing out wealthy insiders. It’s time we reform this perverse social contract. At a time of coronavirus-induced panic in the financial markets,…
We see the word virus a lot these days, along with various forms of adjective referring to the causes and nature of Covid-19, the name given to the Coronavirus disease…
The Nobel Peace Prize was founded in 1901 by Alfred Nobel, an arms manufacturer. His family factory first gained notoriety for producing weapons for the Crimean War of 1853-1856. Alfred…
Few postmodern political pantomimes have been more revealing than the hundreds of so-called “international decision-makers,” mostly Western, waxing lyrical, disgusted or nostalgic over “Westlessness” at the Munich Security Conference. “Westlessness”…
This is a reply to Brandon’s latest post. I offer similar thoughts to the below post in my post about ethnicity. I agree with Brandon that in discussing things we…
http://www.unz.com/imercer/how-democracy-made-us-dumb/ From the riffs of outrage coming from the Democrats and their demos over “our democracy” betrayed, infiltrated even destroyed—you’d never know that a rich vein of thinking in opposition…
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3033441/singapores-lee-hsien-loong-social-media-hero-china-hong-kong Leader of the Lion City has criticised the Hong Kong protesters, saying they were trying to ‘humiliate’ the government rather than solve problems He also admitted his own country…
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/singapore/story20181221-917629?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1545363227 （早报讯）联合国框架下首个以新加坡命名的公约《新加坡调解公约》（Singapore Convention on Mediation）已在联合国大会通过。公约将促成国际商业和解协议的执行，从而促进国际商业发展和跨境贸易。 《新加坡调解公约》明年8月7日将在我国签署。 我国律政部发文告指出，第73届于美国纽约举行的联合国大会今天（美国时间20日）已通过决议，采纳联合国国际和解协议的公约，并以新加坡命名。这是联合国框架第一个以新加坡命名的公约。大会也决定，签署仪式明年8月在新加坡举行。 新加坡驻纽约联合国常任代表也在联合国大会发表声明，肯定联合国国际贸易法委员会（UNCITRAL）在调解方面的工作，并感谢联合国支持公约签署仪式在我国举行。
1. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? https://www.belfercenter.org/thucydides-trap/overview-thucydides-trap 2. “Prospect Of U.S.-China War Rising” After US Warships Sail Through Taiwan Strait https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-23/graham-allison-tensions-taiwan-strait-prospect-us-china-war-rising 3. History of Peloponnesian…
Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-09/hitler-trump-great-man-theory-debunked The “Great Man Theory” tells us that history can be largely explained by the impact of great leaders. Herbert Spencer forcefully disagreed with the “Great Man Theory.” He…