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PATRICK LAWRENCE: ‘As the Clever Hopes Expire’: A Look Back at the Ending Decade

PATRICK LAWRENCE: ‘As the Clever Hopes Expire’: A Look Back at the Ending Decade

December 28, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

A monumentally destructive U.S. decade — symptomatic of imperial decline  — exposed a shamefully pliant press. But we have at least one reason to resist incurable pessimism.  I sit in one of the divesOn Fifty-Second StreetUncertain and afraidAs the clever hopes expireOf…

A Trillion Dollar Plan to Rebuild the World Makes China the New Global Leader

A Trillion Dollar Plan to Rebuild the World Makes China the New Global Leader

June 16, 2017 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

While most of the world wonders nervously what’s next from the Trump White House, the confident China President Xi Jinping is shifting his bid for global leadership into a full-court press. Xi’s hugely ambitious leadership program includes joining Asia to…

Why 2015 Will Make or Break a Spate of Global Alliances

Why 2015 Will Make or Break a Spate of Global Alliances

January 5, 2015 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

U.S., Russia, Iran, China, Europe all face loyalty tests Call it the “Year of Tenuous Ties” as new alliances take shape Obama has to rethink his approach to both Russia and China Last January this column nominated 2014 as “the…

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