Everyone thinks that the President of the United States can, by himself, solve the problems of this country. If gas prices go up, people blame the President. If the economy is bad, people blame the President. In fact, the President can do very little by himself. The President has no control over other powerful government [...]
What China’s Leaders Think According to Wang Jisi, the top leadership of the Chinese government sees the competition between the United States and China as a win-lose game, with China the long-range winner if the American economy and political system continue to get weaker. The United States is no longer seen as “that awesome, nor [...]
US Military Strategy When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, military experts talked about making the US military stronger in the Pacific. But Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990 caused the US military to focus on the Middle East for the next 12 years. Now that the US is out of Iraq and leaving [...]
In 1987, Time magazine said that “of the 170 countries that exist today, more than 160 have written charters modeled directly or indirectly on the U.S. version.” Twenty five years later, the picture looks very different. A new study analyzed 729 constitutions adopted by 188 countries from 1946 to 2006. The study showed that during [...]
Conflict between rich and poor classes is now greater than between immigrants and the native-born people. A recent survey said that about two-thirds of Americans now believe there are “strong conflicts” between rich and poor in the United States. The result was about a 50 percent increase from a survey in 2009, when people were [...]
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