Fellow AI blogger Francis Fukuyama has an important post up this morning that puts the Greek and euro crises in historical context. Frank makes the important point that Greece’s membership in the euro required deep political and social changes in Greece that lacked (and lack) the necessary support in Greek society. It was an act […]

In a surprise move late last night that confounded weeks of expert punditry, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Opposition Leader Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) announced the formation of a unity government. The Likud leader had been expected to call for early elections in September (rather than October 2013) before this news broke.Via Meadia‘s telepathic capabilities […]

“Does anybody still believe in the Middle East Peace Process?” This is the opening question of a hard-hitting new report on the topic by the International Crisis Group, pointedly entitled “The Emperor Has No Clothes: Palestinians and the End of the Peace Process.” From the report’s Executive Summary: Nineteen years after Oslo and thirteen years […]

The Hillary Clinton caravan has departed China and rolled into India. The main item on her agenda, according to the Financial Times, is to induce her host to further reduce its imports of Iranian oil. India has taken some steps in recent moths to slash its oil purchases from Iran but Clinton said that New Delhi […]

Tomorrow, Wisconsinites head to the voting booths for the primary election to determine who will face off in the high profile gubernatorial recall. Governor Scott Walker faces little competition from within the Republican Party but will face strong opposition from angry, energized Democrats in the general.Ahead of the primary voting, Via Meadia checked the odds at Intrade, […]

An Indian Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae (friend of the court) reported on Monday that Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat state, can and should be prosecuted for his role in the 2002 riots there, in which more than a thousand people were killed. Raju Ramachandran, the amicus curiae, rejected the findings of a Special Investigative Team that said Modi and others should […]

In March, we received some heartening news from Harvard: After decades of absence, ROTC was finally allowed back on campus following the repeal of the Military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. Now Harvard and its Ivy League peers are moving further in their rapprochement with the military. A new feature in the New York Times discusses […]

Edward Luce writes for the Financial Times, and he doesn’t like what sees when he looks at the US economy. The current recovery, writes Luce, is anemic and likely to stay that way; worse, for many households, the pain is increasing. The median household income is considerably lower than it was in June 2009, when […]

Bo who? Not content to oust Bo Xilai from power, the Chinese Communist Party has dusted off its copy of 1984 as it orchestrates a campaign to whitewash any trace of the former chief of Chongqing. Exhibits that honored Bo and outlined his achievements have been shut down. Chongqing television stations have ceased airing commercial-free Maoist propaganda […]

Esteemed professor and fellow AI board member Eliot Cohen recently appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss Obama’s Afghanistan speech last week.The interview is worth reading in full, and emphasizes a few core Via Meadia points, including the need for the President to do a better job explaining to the country why we are […]