It’s Time to Chart a New Course for Humanitarian Aid By: Graham Bateman In 2023, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will most likely administer roughly 29.4 billion dollars in international aid. Well-used international aid can improve the lives of millions of people, but poorly-used international aid can decimate local economies and push people interminably […]
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A Paper Dragon
Graham Bateman //China’s Power is Vastly Overestimated// On December 17, 2021, Chinese property giant Evergrande formally entered default. While the future of Evergrande remains uncertain, the Evergrande crisis represents a rare, widely publicized failure of a major Chinese institution. Since 1978, China’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth has averaged approximately ten percent. More than eight […]
A Fatal Mistake, A Terrible Price
Graham Bateman // The long-lasting implications of Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan // No 21st-century American military exercise has cost more American lives, taxpayer dollars, and civilian deaths than the United States’ military intervention in Afghanistan. Forbes estimates that between 2001 and 2021 the total cost of the United States’ support for Afghanistan amounted to over […]