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As we’ve already pointed out in a previous Substack Post from Alan’s Newsletter, focusing on Trump’s dramatic tariffs, reveals a growing global order confusion. Do we have a continuing ‘great…

With the 100 days now reached, and just passed by Trump and his second administration, there is a desperate search to uncover a logic and goal or goals in Trump’s…

The common refrain by those examining the multilateral institutions and organizations seeking greater collaboration at the global level are: ‘legitimacy’ and ‘effectiveness’. Now the fact is these characteristics apply to…

It is hard to deal with a ‘Bully’. Usually efforts, even reasonable ones of accommodation only lead generally to further demands - just ask Columbia University. That was why I…

He knows what he’s doing? Sure! It’s a constant refrain from the Trump administration and the advisors and supporters. Don’t believe it! Trump operates through emotional responses to incoming news.…

It is mind-boggling to watch this second term of Trump, or Trump 2.0. First the flood of ‘executive orders’, though apparently they are technically not really ‘orders’. And now the…

Originally, I started this piece lamenting the ‘failed’ effort to bring China into the global economy following the failure by the CCP - the Party, and the Chinese government to…

I see, and I’m sure you have as well, the repeated refrain that describes the current disorder brought on by Russia in Europe, US-China actions in the Indo Pacific and…

We’ve known for some time by examining history that it’s much easier to start a war than it is to stop one. And I suspect the Russia-Ukraine war will prove…

It wasn’t long ago that demands for a more ‘strategic autonomy’ approach for Europe seemed to slip away with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As Steven Erlanger of the NYTimes wrote…