Its difficult to imagine America without “American exceptionalism” – that combination of “can-do” attitude, assurance of one’s own destiny, and cockiness that has characterized the “American” spirit. A recent Economist commentary elaborates: Greatness is part of America’s birthright and lexicon. Its 18th-century founders had no doubt that they were embarking on a daring experiment inspired [...]
The recent Economist piece on the situation in North Korea is simultaneously a good read and also incredibly depressing. From my read, the following chart is pretty much the “million dollar slide” which explains why the situation in North Korea is so grim: The figure highlights the bind that the US, South Korea, Japan, China, [...]
The Economist has an interesting article on the Kremlin’s latest push to modernize Russia’s economy and kick-start a wave of innovation which would supposedly lead to a “Russia with nuclear-powered spaceships and supercomputers.” Far-fetched as this premise sounded, the article raised many thought-provoking questions on whether or not (and how) Russia could hope to build [...]