The US has in practice, treated Taiwan as an allied state since the 1970’s. (View Post)

A feature of successful big cities, in recent times, is the out-migration of middle income voters, who work in the private sector. They will often commute to work in such cities, but they live (and a… (View Post)

I, in turn, think it has been doing a terrible job (seen purely from a US viewpoint). The USA’s long-term strategic interests are being undermined, by its own government. Tariffs are imposing higher … (View Post)

Cleopatra being closer to us than to the building of the Great Pyramid. Egypt was already ancient in the Ancient World. (View Post)

In practice, most European armies comprised soldiers of fortune, from about 1400 to the mid 17th century. And, they were often multi-national and multi-religious. Despite being Catholics, the Spanish… (View Post)