[ad_1] (Bloomberg Opinion) — Every strategist knows that wars are not just won by force. Soft power matters, which is why the Trump administration’s latest move to bar Harvard University from enrolling international students will resonate so badly across Asia. America and China are already locked in a battle for influence — but Washington risks sabotaging those goals. Even before the Harvard controversy emerged…
[ad_1] At the World Bank, he installed David Malpass but otherwise left the institution untouched. He kept David Lipton, an advisor to Democrats, in place as the IMF’s number two official, an appointment that is traditionally the prerogative of US presidents. Also Read: Data at threat: The Trump administration’s war on statistics won’t end we…
[ad_1] Bluntly speaking, power is defined as the ability to bend others to one’s will. The limits of America’s are being tested, as evident in Friday’s showdown at the White House between Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump (along with Vice-President J.D. Vance). It was a global spectacle. Also Read: Mint Quick Edit…
[ad_1] When I was a kid, I believed the West was a place. Then I realized that all of the West was not entirely the West. The West was an idea, an invention. When you put it this way, it looks as though it is some kind of subterfuge to overwhelm human instincts. But I…
