The terrible fragility of the global world New at the Belmont Club
Author Archives: Richard Fernandez
The perfect plan
Never stand in the way of good intentions. New at the Belmont Club
No exit
Trapped in China’s Iron House of secrets. New at the Belmont Club
Ambushing ourselves
Surviving secrecy in a complex, volatile world. New at the Belmont Club
Spread out
When political parties become search parties looking for a future New at the Belmont Club
A thousand talents
Why the virus outbreak is a political threat to the political elite. New at the Belmont Club
The institutional dinosaurs
Sometimes the Narrative is too inflexible to survive. Especially when facing emergent events. New at the Belmont Club
The eons of living dangerously
How does humanity cope with possible disaster? New at the Belmont Club This branches off some of the themes in my VIP piece on Taboos. We sometimes behave like we know more than we do.
Contagious discontent
The end of the benefit of the doubt. New at the Belmont Club
An open quarrel
Trapped in the global world. It’s not World War 3 but a clash of civilizations neither Iran nor Washington know how to end. New at the Belmont Club
The low chance of war with Iran
Tehran can afford war, but only so long as it stays secret New at the Belmont Club
A series of Frankensteins
Compensating the late terrorist, Qasem Soliemeni, was part of the Iran nuclear deal. According to the Daily Beast: Among the big winners in the agreement to curtail Iran’s nuclear program, count a notorious and shadowy Iranian general who helped Shiite militias in Iraq kill American soldiers and who has come to the rescue of Syrian …
Don’t take the calender for granted
You could lose it you know. New at the Belmont Club
Ten years later
Looking back at the Belmont Club’s assessment of Obama’s War of Necessity in Afghanistan. New at the Belmont Club
Inquisitors in a world of glass houses
How the death of privacy has disrupted our social contract New at the Belmont Club
Looking for the off ramp on the road to hell
Washington, city poisoned by secrets. New at the Belmont Club
The sky isn’t falling
Even though the news might make you think so. New at the Belmont Club
The age of control is ending
What the UK election says about the 21st century. New at the Belmont Club
Unintended consequences
Have the attempts to restore the status quo ante — go back to 2016 — damaged the political DNA? New at the Belmont Club
Homo narrans and the loss of certitude
A long, best effort attempt to put the different pieces on the troubled state of civilization at PJMedia VIP. https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/the-future-is-coming-at-the-elites-like-a-freight-train/