“Assange behind glass.”
Shards of a shattered life. The Scrum begins today to publish an extended essay on the Julian Assange case. We offer it as our contribution to the admirable worldwide effort to bear witness to the WikiLeaks founder’s courage as a publisher…
“A note to readers.”
A year’s publication draws near. As The Scrum prepares to mark its first anniversary as an independent publication on Substack, we look back with measured satisfaction (though no hint of complacency) and forward to another year of work readers will find worthwhile….
“Weak minds.”
Oligarchs and their scapegoats. This is the second of a two-part series on the causes of America’s decline—economic, industrial, social, spiritual—and two prominent intellectuals who address themselves to remedies. Part 1 can be found here. From secrecy and deception in high…
“The force of historical decline.”
Is America capable of self-correction? This is the first of a two-part series on the causes of America’s decline—economic, industrial, social, spiritual—and on the thinking of two prominent intellectuals who address themselves to remedies. I do not believe that civilizations…
“Economic war crimes.”
Kneecapping China seems the best Biden can do. This is the third of a three-part series on China and the West’s obsession with its emergence as a regional and global power. Part 1 can be read here and Part 2 here. Gina Raimondo,…
“Our China ‘diplomacy.'”
Incompetents in command. This is the second of a three-part series on China and the West’s obsession with its emergence as a regional and global power. Part 1 can be read here. Not one week after President Biden announced a…
“A dreadful mess.”
Anatol Lieven on Afghanistan. On Monday, 30 August at 3:29pm Eastern time, a C–17 took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul signaling the end of America’s longest war. It was a war that took the lives of 2,461…
“The age of Euro–American ascendancy is past.”
Sharmine Narwani talks to Chas Freeman. We are pleased to publish the following exchange between Sharmine Narwani and Chas Freeman. Narwani conducted her interview from Beirut via email on 22 and 23 August; Freeman was in Washington. It first appeared…
“The hardliners return.”
Iran under Raeisi. Iran has a new president, and new leadership altogether. The Islamic Republic’s presidential elections on 18 June brought Sayyed Ebrahim Raeisi, the hardline cleric and judiciary chief, to power. Raeisi had lost the previous presidential contest, in…
“Inflation and its perils.”
The Fed’s still clueless. The 99 percent will pay for it. Even though this year’s annual gathering of central bankers and scholars didn’t take place near the dramatic backdrop of the Tetons, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s virtually delivered speech…
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