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Republican Debates on China: A Political Compass
https://scholars-stage.org/republican-debates-on-china-a-political-compass/
Published: October 31, 2024 21:55
MANY HAVE TRIED to pin Trump to Heritage’s “Project 2025.” The Trump campaign has not only refused to endorse Project 2025—they have refused to endorse any detailed policy plan whatsoever. Trump prefers to keep his options open.
One unanticipated benefit…
Dionysus Against the Daoists
https://scholars-stage.org/dionysus-and-the-daoists/
Published: September 29, 2024 23:18
IN WESTERN PHILOSOPHY AND AESTHETICS a contrast is sometimes made between the Dionysian and the Apollonian. Made famous by Nietzsche, this schema was first used to describe the thought and art of Ancient Greece. On the Apollonian end we have all that is…
Washington DC is Not a Popularity Contest
https://scholars-stage.org/washington-dc-is-not-a-popularity-contest/
Published: September 27, 2024 22:05
IN 2009 PAUL GRAHAM WROTE A THOUGHTFUL ESSAY titled “Cities and Ambition.” There he proposes that a great city is defined by the sort of ambitions it kindles—or perhaps more accurately, the sort of ambitious it gathers. As Graham puts it:
The Silicon Valley Canon: On the PaıdeĂa of the American Tech Elite
https://scholars-stage.org/the-silicon-valley-canon-on-the-paideia-of-the-american-tech-elite/
Published: August 21, 2024 20:51
I often draw a distinction between the political elites of Washington DC and the industrial elites of Silicon Valley with a joke: in San Francisco reading books, and talking about what you have read, is a matter of high prestige. Not so in Washington DC.…
Five Fundamentals of Chinese Grand Strategy
https://scholars-stage.org/five-fundamentals-of-chinese-grand-strategy/
Published: August 17, 2024 14:29
Last month Civic Future invited me to join a panel at their annual policy forum. The topic: what the United Kingdom should do about China. As I am neither a British citizen nor an expert in British affairs, I thought it impolitic to lecture my hosts on how…
Uber is a Poor Replacement for Utopia
https://scholars-stage.org/uber-is-a-poor-replacement-for-utopia/
Published: July 24, 2024 19:13
Two items of interest passed through my feeds this week. The first is the podcast Marc Andreesen and Ben Horowitz released to explain why they are endorsing Trump for president. The second is an evocative and viral internet advertisement for…
Patronage vs. Constituent Parties (Or Why Republican Party Leaders Matter More Than Democratic Ones)
https://scholars-stage.org/patronage-vs-constituent-parties-or-why-republican-party-leaders-matter-more-than-democratic-ones/
Published: July 20, 2024 19:56
The Republican and Democratic parties are not the same: power flows differently within them. The two big political news items of this week—the happenings of the Republican National Convention and the desperate attempts of many Democrats to replace their…
More on Xi Jinping’s Industrial Drive + London Meet Up
https://scholars-stage.org/more-on-xi-jinpings-industrial-drive-london-meet-up/
Published: June 27, 2024 11:00
A few items of interest to my readers:
First, at the end of last month I appeared on the German Marshall Fund's China Global podcast to discuss the CPC's current techno-industrial drive. You can listen to the full thing on Simplecast, Apple Podcast, or in…
Saving China Through Science (and Technology)
https://scholars-stage.org/saving-china-through-science-and-technology/
Published: May 8, 2024 19:56
Does China have a plan to save its wobbly economy?
Last week in Foreign Policy I argued that it does—but not the sort of plan most Western economists are comfortable with. Western analysts blame slowing growth on a variety of factors: a communist…