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The End of the Unipolar Moment Mar. 11, 2022
The defeat of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan in World War II ushered in the Cold War era. For ... Read More
Stress Test for a Fading Superpower Feb. 11, 2022
Because America entered both world wars of the 20th century last, while all the other great powers b... Read More
How We Forfeited the Fruits of Cold War Victory Dec. 28, 2021
As 1991 turned into 1992, America appeared to have arrived at the apogee of its national power and w... Read More
The Venus/Saturn Conversation Mar. 30, 2021
Venus, in the realm of individualism, calls out to Saturn, in the realm of the collective. They disc... Read More
Planetary Prism Mar. 29, 2021
Mercury, the planet of communication, draws a technicolor connection to Neptune, the planet of dream... Read More
Opening Notes of the Spring Equinox Mar. 20, 2021
The sun glides boldly into Aries with the swagger of a rock star wailing the opening note that begin... Read More
Split Moon Mar. 18, 2021
As the moon moves from Taurus to Gemini, people buy and sell; groups gel; and the power shifts, seek... Read More
Stress Test of a Straining Superpower Jul. 24, 2020
How great a burden can even an unrivaled superpower carry before it buckles and breaks? We may be ab... Read More
What Will Be the New American Cause? Apr. 21, 2020
After the Great Pandemic has passed and we emerge from Great Depression II, what will be America's m... Read More
Will COVID-19 Retire the World's Policeman? Apr. 17, 2020
For declaring in March that the U.S. economy might be reopened by Easter, President Donald Trump was... Read More
What Price Victory -- in the Coronavirus War? Apr. 14, 2020
The same day the number of U.S. dead from the coronavirus disease hit the 15,000 mark, we also cross... Read More
Super Pink Moon Apr. 05, 2020
What's pinker than pink? The super pink moon that is the astrological feature of this week. No, it's... Read More
Is China the Country of the Future? Oct. 04, 2019
"Who Lost China?" With the fall of the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, the defeat of his ... Read More
On to Caracas and Tehran! Feb. 22, 2019
In the Venezuelan crisis, said President Donald Trump in Florida, "All options are on the table." An... Read More
The Philanthropic Superpower May. 02, 2014
If a single word could sum up the goal of Barack Obama's Asia tour, it would be "reassurance." Obama... Read More
Is the Superpower Afraid of Iran? Nov. 26, 2013
"Iran's Nuclear Triumph" roared the headline of the Wall Street Journal editorial. William... Read More
A Less Super America Will Be Happier Nov. 02, 2011
A perceived decline in "national greatness" haunts Americans of all political persuasions.... Read More
