Pacem in Terris As the Blueprint for World Order – America the Model Recently Francis Fukuyama said in an interview that “for some people peace and prosperity is not enough and they want something more.”1 Fukuyama wrote The End of History and the Last Man which became a best seller
The Essence of Tyranny: And Its Antidote In a recent video clip on his Instagram channel, author Michael Wolff ruminated about the nature of autocracy. In one sense, he said, it is about rulings, dictates, or policies. But in another sense, it is about a personality. According to the AI
Pope Leo XIV in a post on X dated June 26, 2025, decried the current world situation. He tweeted: “It is disheartening today that the strength of international law and humanitarian law no longer seem binding, replaced by the presumed right to overpower others.” The Pope is a trained canon
In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and
Aggression by Penetration Peace is the result of right order which means that ideas must be in harmony with each other and understood and implemented in the right context. Disorder leads to problems, suffering and strife. Nationalism is one of the ideas that has been distorted – weaponized if you
America As Essential For the Community of Nations On April 25, 1945, fifty countries1 met in San Francisco, California commencing the United Nations Conference on International Organization. There were 850 delegates and with staff members the official delegations rose to around 3500 with an additional 2500 members of the press.2
Disinformation: Russia’s Weapon of Mass Destruction Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a speech on February 14 at the Munich Security Conference that was nothing short of an attack on American allies. Claiming that free speech was threatened in Europe, Vance was repeating the Elon Musk approved standard line. Vance, effectively
(It is incumbent to make clear the nature of the conflict in Ukraine. It is a war between freedom which is assured by the rule of law, and tyranny, which is characterized by the rule of force. The United Nations and the Post World War II order enshrined and protected
(This is meant as a summary of important points to keep in mind these days especially given the Munich Security Conference is next week. Some of these I have written of on this site or elsewhere. I am of the belief Putin must be removed, Russia disarmed and removed from
By 1953, the United States had in place a Doctrinal Warfare Program to counter the one operated by the Soviet Union. Ideas were essential to winning the Cold War because ideas are necessary to the structure of any organization or system whether that be political, economic, social, religious, or whatever.
