The latest Gaza war presents the United States and governments across the Middle East with an opportunity to end Hamas and Iran’s cynical project of creating chaos. But first, Israel must be stopped from expelling the Palestinians from Gaza, as that would radicalize and destabilize the entire region.
warns that Israel’s scorched-earth Gaza campaign risks playing into its enemies’ hands.
The long-standing economic consensus that interest rates would remain low indefinitely, making debt cost-free, is no longer tenable. Even if inflation declines, soaring debt levels, deglobalization, and populist pressures will keep rates higher for the next decade than they were in the decade following the 2008 financial crisis.
thinks that policymakers and economists must reassess their beliefs in light of current market realities.
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纽约—特朗普担任总统九个月后,共和党领导人似乎终于清醒地认识到严峻的现实:这个国家正站在深渊边缘。现在,他们有一个选择:要么继续与特朗普合作,从而维持他的破坏性领导并制造灾难;要么放弃他,最终将国家的民主置于党/派忠诚之前。
最近,田纳西州共和党参议员鲍勃·考尔克(Bob Corker)发言说,潮流正在转向对特朗普不利。考尔克抨击说,“白宫已经沦为成人日托班,”然后警告特朗普的推特有可能让美国走上“通往第三次世界大战之路”。类似地,参议员约翰·麦凯恩(John McCain)警告“半吊子伪善民族主义”可能带来的威胁。
但真正的政治荣耀(political honor)光有含蓄的批评(麦凯恩没有在他的讲话中指名道姓提到特朗普)或辞职一走了之(如考尔克和共和党资深众议员帕特·蒂贝里(Pat Tiberi)所做的那样)是不够的。它还需要跨越政治鸿沟,就像丘吉尔(毫无疑问是他们所有人的英雄)从自由党转为保守党一样。
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