OPINION

Michael Hudson The crashes of Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and the related bank insolvencies are much more serious than the 2008-09 crash. The problem at that time was crooked banks making bad mortgage loans. Debtors were unable to pay and were defaulting, and it turned out …

The policy dilemma the Biden administration faces is one of those tough choices. Finding and implementing the best path forward in the face of competing policy objectives is among the most difficult challenges facing any government. This is particularly apparent as the United States seeks to devise a …

The country faces waves of protest following mass arrests of the current president’s political opponents. What will happen next? Tunisia is entering a difficult moment. Following the arrest in late January of a labor union official for organizing a strike by tollbooth operators, the government launched a relentless …

The current situation with Israel and Iran illustrates how hardliners in two adversarial countries can play off each other and in effect become each other’s best allies, while jointly becoming the enemies of peace and stability. The danger of open warfare involving Israel and Iran is increasing. One …

This vivid portrayal of the ideological vision motivating the CCP and its leadership, emphasized by primary sources that the author draws on, is worth looking into. For at least the past decade, China has been a topic of intense debate within foreign policy circles in the United States. One …

Charles Edel National Interest  For AUKUS to matter, it will need to move from conception to reality at full speed. On Monday in San Diego, President Joe Biden met with his Australian and British counterparts and announced what amounts to one of the most significant shifts in U.S. …

Graham Allison  National Interest  The facts about the downing of the U.S. Reaper drone are still emerging, and many relevant specifics are yet to become public, but as we attempt to get our bearings it is worth beginning with applied history. Applied historians ask: have we ever seen …

The crisis of the collapse of the “US Silicon Valley Bank” began after the US authorities announced on Friday, March 10, 2023, the closure of the “Silicon Valley” bank, which is close to the US official technology community, after the bank suddenly found itself in a state of …

Emboldened by the independent foreign policies of Western allies Israel and Turkey, more countries in the region are weighing where their own interests lie, notes Gilles Kepel, author of more than 20 books on the Middle East, North Africa, Islam in France and Europe, adviser of senior European …