World Affairs International

It has become common in the last few years to hear discussion of, or even hope for, a second American civil war. The European Cold War demonstrates that civil wars can not only be fought with armies and generals on great historic battlefields, but with sporadic bombings, riots and assassinations.

The loyalty and the political neutrality of the Armed Forces are a crucial part of any democracy. No democracy can survive in an egalitarian form whilst the military’s leaders are aligned with one side. This careful understanding has been maintained throughout the 245 years of America’s existence, yet in the book Peril by Bob Woodard… Read more: OPINION: Gen. Mark Milley’s calls with Chinese counterparts pledging to warn of a U.S. attack sets a dangerous precedent for the national security of future administrations

While part of the ‘developed world,’ China is very much a developing country. Yet it commands the world’s second-largest economy, whose rise is often hailed in sensationalist media as the beginning of the west’s long-idealized ‘decline.’ This yellow journalism is certainly not new to the western world. However, the advent of social media (and lessening… Read more: OPINION: The dangers of anti-Chinese fear-mongering in the American public