Remember the Past, Plan for the Future
It is no longer the case that China is distant and remote. These days, it is a part of most people in education’s lived environment.
It is no longer the case that China is distant and remote. These days, it is a part of most people in education’s lived environment.
The spiral of inflation, a slip in GDP, and rising costs of living are challenges that the Biden administration needs to deal with urgently. As such, some decisive measures need to be taken which should put America’s true interests first.
Despite the unprecedented disruption posed by the war in Ukraine on European politics, Macron retains an important influence over the bigger picture.
The future of the Solomon Islands should be determined by their population. The U.S. should remember the Solomon Islands are not part of its backyard, but are an independent, sovereign state.
As propaganda master Joseph Goebbels once conceded, ‘The lie can be maintained only for such time as the state can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie.’
Americans will continue to believe China is ‘draconian’ at home and dangerous all over the world for as long as they receive propaganda masquerading as news.
If the U.S. is looking for a result-orientated policy, then it should seek to negotiate a win-win trade arrangement with China that can better attain access to its domestic market while removing the politically toxic Trump tariffs.
One system is successfully delivering the goods to its vast population, while the other is in a downward zero-sum spiral.
Macron’s domestic task in the next five years will be tough and challenging. Economic problems for ordinary citizens and the pandemic ought to be his focus.
As tensions between the two nations remain stubbornly high, more and more cultural exchanges must take place just as soon as health conditions in both countries allow for them.
A gun is no longer the American patron saint; it has become the king of terror.
America’s contemporary attitude to the world is driven by insecurity ignited by a perceived loss of status to others, which in turn has undermined its ability to reason and, therefore, is at risk of turning the world back towards a divided Cold War environment.