A little over two weeks ago, in typically unorthodox fashion, Dominic Cummings uploaded his thoughts about the ongoing election onto his personal blog. For the most part, the Prime Minister’s strategist stuck largely to his campaign’s core script, albeit with more capital letters and tirades about Dominic Grieve. Yet towards the end of the article, […]
With the support of the Atlas Network, CapX is publishing a new series of essays on the theme of Illiberalism in Europe, looking at the different threats to liberal economies and societies across the continent, from populism to protectionism and corruption. Why is it that people in Sweden, as well as other parts of Europe, […]
Last week, back-of-a-fag-packet calculations disclosed that I’ve written about thirty thousand words on Brexit for various outlets — locally, in the US, and in Australia. Quite apart from revealing that the definition of Hell is re-fighting 2016’s referendum for all eternity, writing this much made it clear that Brexit is hard. Not only to achieve […]
Back in 2014, when the Obama administration imposed sanctions on Russia over its annexation of Crimea and aid to pro-Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine, it anticipated that the resulting economic pressure would eventually force Moscow to stand down. Well, it’s late into 2019 and the opposite has happened. Now, it appears the West wants to […]
The outcome of every General Election, we are always told, is critical. And for those politicians whose names are on the ballot papers, you can see why they might say that. But what about for the rest of us? Was the 1992 or the 2005 General Election really that important? Had say, John Major lost […]
The basic problem with today’s world isn’t the fires, it’s the lack of firemen. The problems faced by the West —dealing with a rising China, containing a dangerous but declining Russia, thwarting Iran’s over-grand Mideast ambitions, safeguarding global prosperity—are not historically that out of the ordinary. Instead, the increase in today’s political risk is the […]
With the support of the Atlas Network, CapX is publishing a new series of essays, podcasts and interviews on the theme of Illiberalism in Europe, looking at the different threats to liberal economies and societies across the continent, from populism to protectionism and corruption. Robert D Kaplan is the author of 18 books, including The Revenge of Geography […]
He remains not an easy man to love, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. In his own highly class-conscious Victorian era, even Salisbury’s contemporary admirers found him haughty, imperious, and arrogant beyond belief. Perpetually aware of his distinguished lineage—he was a direct descendent of Lord Burghley, the able chief minister of Elizabeth I–Salisbury […]
Writing in the Daily Telegraph two weeks ago, Donald Trump Jr. made the bold claim that “Brexit and my father’s election are one and the same”. This a common narrative: the media often portrays Trump’s election and the Brexit referendum as identical phenomena, while Trump himself enjoys comparing the two. As a Brexiteer living in the United States, […]
The Atlantic recently asked PredictWise, an analytics firm, to rank US counties based on partisan prejudice (“affective polarization”). The results are now in, and they are fascinating. The most intolerant country was not Rabun County in northeastern Georgia, where the film Deliverance was shot. Nor was it in Albany County, Wyoming, where Matthew Shepard was […]
The recent flooding that hit Louisiana is the worst natural disaster to hit the United States since Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey in 2012. So far we know that at least 13 are dead and tens of thousands were left homeless in the flooding. Even worse, most of those affected do not have flood insurance. […]
The next president will inherit one of the weakest economies in modern times. Although, the economy has been growing since 2009, the rate of growth has only averaged 2.1% according to the Bureau of Economic Affairs, while in the prior decades it averaged over 3% annually. Slow growth, this year only averaging 1%, acts as […]
It is said that Hillary Clinton is the one Democrat capable of handing over the White House to Donald Trump. If, as many are now starting to predict, Trump defeats Clinton in November, it could well be Clinton’s loss rather than Trump’s victory. In presidential campaigns, policies and CVs always come secondary to personal vision. […]
Conventions are exciting affairs. From the roll call of proud state delegates, to the variety of speeches made on stage, the coronation of presidential candidates has a real buzz to it. This time round, though, anticipation has been far higher than usual following the surprise nomination of Donald Trump by the GOP membership. For many […]
Throughout this epic presidential campaign, we’ve been hearing candidates on both sides bid for our votes by making grand promises to the public—from bringing manufacturing back to U.S. soil to free college tuition. But efforts to appeal to the Americans are, sadly, only a side show. The political system is better understood as the trade […]
In the early 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy gained notoriety by exploiting public fears of communism. He conducted a witch hunt to root out alleged communists who supposedly had infiltrated the federal government, especially the State Department. He even went so far as to call Secretaries of State Dean Atchison and General George C. Marshall soft […]
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