Elliott Kime 23 May 2019 5:33 PM 23 May 2019 5:33 PM Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Whatsapp Natural death might be non-partisan, but that hasn’t stopped it being politicised by liberals and socialists alike. One writer recently calculated that, assuming birth and death rates in Britain stay steady, Remainers will be the majority in 2022. Now, sitting around watching the clock and waiting for the right kind of pensioners to pop off the electoral register isn’t the most audacious of politics. But the newfound popularity of millennial socialism means ‘young people’ are as synonymous with nationalisation and redistributionism as ‘the miners’ were in the 1970s. So hold on to your iPads and Starbucks’ cups because we are on a one-way journey to a liberal future, and there is nothing you or anyone else can do or say about it. There is just one problem. Young people are actually quite conservative. And not just … [Read more...] about Why young conservatives are the new radicals
The new radicals
Code Red: Is AOC the new face of US politics or a step too far to the left?
Advocates of what passes for the hard left in the US celebrated, arguing their ideas were finally gaining momentum. A writer for the conservative National Review, David Boaz, pronounced the results "frightening". Credit it to a reaction against Donald Trump's presidency, a hangover from the Great Recession or a slower accumulation of myriad frustrations - but the American left is enjoying its most vibrant moment in living memory. The evidence can be seen in the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential field, too. Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont and a self-described Democratic socialist, is one of the two leading candidates, snapping at the heels of former vice president Joe Biden in most opinion polls. (Biden had not declared his candidacy at the time of writing, though he is expected to do so soon.) Sanders had been a fringe figure in American politics until he stunned the establishment in 2016 by mounting a competitive challenge to Hillary Clinton for the Democratic … [Read more...] about Code Red: Is AOC the new face of US politics or a step too far to the left?
The New Zealand massacre and anti-Muslim hatred in the Balkans
The Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant who staged the massacre of Muslim worshipers in New Zealand on March 15 was listening to a far-right Chetnik song praising Radovan Karadzic when he carried his attack against two mosques in Christchurch. The song that Tarrant was listening is "From Bihac to Petrovac village." The text of the song praises Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic who leads the Serbs to fight against the "Ustasha" and the "Turks." According to Serbian nationalist historiography the "Ustasha" is a derogatory term which is used to describe Croatian Catholics who supported Hitler during the Second World War, while the Muslims of Bosnia are described as "Turks." The song which accompanied the terrorist in his massacre was played during the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995 by Serbian soldiers to motivate them in their attacks against the Croats and Bosnian Muslims who were massacred and ethnically cleansed by the Serbs. On the riffles which Brenton Tarrant used to butcher … [Read more...] about The New Zealand massacre and anti-Muslim hatred in the Balkans
The high costs of the new Cold War
It is convenient to call the escalating geopolitical contest between the United States and China a “new Cold ar.” But that description should not be allowed to obscure the obvious, though not yet sufficiently understood, reality that this new competition will differ radically from the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union. The Cold War of the twentieth century pitted two rival military alliances against each other. By contrast, the Sino-American rivalry involves two economies that are closely integrated both with each other and with the rest of the world. The most decisive battles in today’s cold war will thus be fought on the economic front (trade, technology, and investment), rather than in, say, the South China Sea or the Taiwan Strait. Some American strategic thinkers have recognised this, and now argue that, if the US is to win this cold war, it must sever its commercial ties with China – and persuade its allies to do the same. But, as … [Read more...] about The high costs of the new Cold War
US need to pay costs if they want to win the new Cold War
The next Cold War against China will not be won by force of weaponry as was the case against the USSR, but rather through expensive economic strategies, writes Minxin Pei.IT is convenient to call the escalating geopolitical contest between the US and China a “new cold war.”But that description should not be allowed to obscure the obvious, though not yet sufficiently understood, reality that this new competition will differ radically from the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union.The Cold War of the 20th century pitted two rival military alliances against each other. By contrast, the Sino-American rivalry involves two economies that are closely integrated both with each other and with the rest of the world.The most decisive battles in today’s cold war will thus be fought on the economic front (trade, technology, and investment), rather than in, say, the South China Sea or the Taiwan Strait.Some American strategic thinkers have recognised this, and now argue … [Read more...] about US need to pay costs if they want to win the new Cold War