Alexis De Tocqueville and The Long Cold WarIn my penultimate year of secondary school, my history teacher introduced the topic of the Cold War by asking a simple question — when did…Feb 28, 2022Feb 28, 2022
Wake Up Europe! You’re Irrelevant!The Stunning Naivety of Europe’s Foreign Policy Elite was put on full display this week as French and European politicians went ballistic…Sep 21, 2021Sep 21, 2021
Putting the defeat in Afghanistan in perspectiveAuthor’s note: This story was written and published via email on August 16thAug 24, 2021Aug 24, 2021
A Day that Shall Live in InfamyOn 7 December 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt reacted to Pearl Harbour by saying that “today was a day that shall live in infamy”…Jan 11, 2021Jan 11, 2021
Threading the Needle — The Art of Central Bank CommunicationThis was originally written in May but in the true spirit of central banking, I’m republishing it as forward guidance for the coming year.Dec 22, 2020Dec 22, 2020
Letter from WashingtonOn March 4th 1801, John Adams left the White House at 4AM in the first peaceful transfer of power from elected representative to elected…Nov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020
What to watch in 2020On the third day of the year, World War 3 was trending: Things can only get better from here. The killing of Iranian General Qassem…Jan 28, 2020Jan 28, 2020
2020 in a word — FearPresident Donald Trump once said that real power was “fear”; Machiavelli would be proud. Trump campaigned using fear; he has governed in…Jan 27, 2020Jan 27, 2020
Decade in Review — The Decade People Took Back Control10 years ago on January 20th 2009, Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as President of the United States. He’d campaigned on a message of…Dec 26, 2019Dec 26, 2019
