“I don’t believe in the ‘soft landing’ story,” said historian and author Niall Ferguson in a conversation with Andy Serwer at Barrons on Sept. 12, 2023. He discusses the risks to the West, U.S. politics, what happens if Trump wins, what if he was a …
Antonio Navalón If When the Berlin Wall fell, the book that best reflected this episode of history was Francis Fukuyama’s “The End of History and the Last Man”. After the Hamas attack on Israel that began on October 7, the title that best defines this …
Angel Jaramillo. Between 1989 and 2023, Islamic radicalism has been exacerbated. Four thinkers have offered different explanations for the causes of this phenomenon. Three dates are significant in understanding the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7. First, Ayatollah Khomeini condemned Salman Rushdie on February …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The contemporary world has become a highly dangerous place. The bipolar Cold War world of communism and capitalism, inaugurated after World War II in 1945, ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990. Despite the permanent threat of nuclear war, …
Antonio Navalón In just 15 days, the world changed. When it seemed that the world could only be capable of sustaining or witnessing a single armed conflict at a time – referring to the war between Ukraine and Russia – the terrorist group Hamas forced …
Antonio Navalón No war is like any other. If one looks at the prelude to the war of 1914 or 1939, one will realize that in both cases, one of the only constants was the denial or omission of reality by the countries that ended …
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Niger, Chad, Congo, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua, El Salvador and… Mexico. These countries have two phenomena in common. First, they are nations (if they can be called that) suffering from processes of internal decomposition …
Antonio Navalón Every 12 years, Mexican and U.S. presidential elections coincide. This year, at the same time and with the same institutional instability, Mexico will elect a President, and the United States will select who? In the U.S. case, the balance will be tipped in …
With dramatic shifts in geopolitical alignments, Mexico is poised to be a key player in the future economy of The West. Mexicans of all economic classes are likely to benefit from these new realities. Big thanks to the History of Mexico Podcast. Check them out …
John Mearsheimer At the 2023 CLSA CITIC Securities Investors’ Forum, political scientist John Mearsheimer talks about how the USA, Russia, and China now dominate a multipolar world order. He concludes that the Russia-Ukraine conflict will continue for the foreseeable future, and the best that can …