What exiles know about power, persuasion and limits of realism helps Israel understand its abilty to shape future conflicts.

DoD is a customer, not an innovator; it must change if it wants to win wars.

China must get out of the middle income trap to succeed.

Trump's tariffs move China's economy towards consumption; its problem is turning suppliers into competitors w/o a rule of law based domestic system.

We don't have great policy insitutions guiding both the Republic & the populace like Truman and other presidencies had; these two authorities can assist the public navigate Chinese imposed strategems.

Parliaments are fragile and Constitutional Republics are strong, what happens when backward looking institutions don't keep apace with society.

Companies opnely promote those into incompetence.
https://voxeu.org/article/promotions-and-peter-principle

Euro, China & US media class cheerlead for a recession; US isn't a contributor.

History, emerging markets & poor domestic governance are responsible.

What does it mean that the yuan moves past a ratio of 7:1 US dollars?