Editorial – A Case for Chinese Authoritarianism

There are a great many characterizations of The People’s Republic of China floating around in the public square these days. Some people say they’re an authoritarian dictatorship, others describe them as socialist or capitalist or communist. A few sophisticated commentators use hybrid terms like “state-capitalist” or “state owned capitalism.” Perhaps it’s impossible to really describe … Read more

Counterinsurgency Requires Statesmanship

Counterinsurgencies have been a part of state warfare since ancient times, evolving significantly during periods of colonialism and decolonization. The American Revolutionary War was a classic example of the underfunded, under-equipped, and outmanned little guy, fighting against the British Behemoth that thought it ruled the waves. The American Revolution was a classic insurgency-counterinsurgency war. In … Read more

Editorial – Fascism is Marxist Socialism with Italian Characteristics

The pre-Second World War left-wing Marxist-Communists nominally viewed the fascists as governments of the inter-war period as “right-wing extremist experiments.” That was pure communist theater and political rhetoric. It had no real basis in fact. The rise of the totalitarian anti-capitalist state of the Soviet Union gave them a podium to shout from. The soviet … Read more