From time to time, strong emotional reactions emerge in transatlantic political discourse. These reactions are often framed in terms of “betrayal,” “pressure,” or “coercion.” While such language may resonate rhetorically, it obscures a more fundamental issue: the long-standing imbalance in security provision within the NATO alliance.
To understand why these tensions recur, one must move beyond rhetoric and examine incentives, fiscal realities, and institutional structures.
Continue readingIn my approach to education, I have long held myself to a simple rule: respond to every student within forty-eight hours if I am not overloaded. No matter how demanding a week becomes, I refuse to allow a student’s question to disappear into silence. Education is not merely the act of lecturing or delivering content; it is the practice of showing presence, of demonstrating through action that every concern, every confusion, and every step forward truly matters.
Continue readingArgentina’s legislative election of 26 October 2025 was not merely a midterm. It was a referendum on whether the country would continue along Javier Milei’s path of fiscal stabilization, deregulation, and market reform, or drift back toward the Peronist cycle of inflation, controls, subsidies, and policy reversals. The electorate chose continuity. Milei’s La Libertad Avanza (LLA) won about 40.8% of the national vote, became the fastest-growing force in Congress, and secured the one-third threshold in the lower house needed to help sustain presidential vetoes and strengthen his bargaining position for the second half of his term.
That result was not an accident, nor can it be reduced to charisma or media theater. It reflected a harder political fact: by late 2025, enough Argentines concluded that Milei’s policies, however painful, were producing visible macroeconomic improvement, while the opposition still represented the memory of chronic inflation, fiscal disorder, and repeated policy whiplash. Some analysts tied Milei’s stronger-than-expected result to fear of renewed turmoil if austerity and reform were abandoned; polling analysts likewise said many voters were willing to give the government more time precisely because they did not want to relive earlier crises.
Continue readingIn many situations, attitude is decisive. This is not a motivational cliché, but a structural fact about intellectual life. Over the years, when I speak with younger scholars in the Austrian School—particularly in Spain—I repeatedly observe a striking pattern. Those who listen attentively, reflect carefully, and actually put suggestions into practice tend to achieve excellent results. Their academic trajectories advance more quickly, but more importantly, they grow as individuals. Their confidence deepens, their intellectual independence strengthens, and their capacity for judgment matures.
Continue readingIn every field of human endeavor—religion, economics, politics, and scholarship—there is a temptation to rely on secondhand knowledge. It feels safe, it feels convenient, but it is profoundly dangerous. Secondhand commentary not only distorts the truth; it also blinds us to reality and opens the door to errors with consequences that stretch across nations and generations. From theology to international policy, from economic reform to ideological conflict, the lesson is clear: nothing can replace firsthand study, serious engagement, and intellectual humility.
Continue readingSeptember 3, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the Republic of China’s victory in the War of Resistance against Japan. Eighty years ago, under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the National Government and leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang), the Chinese people endured fourteen years of bloody struggle and finally achieved victory. The Republic of China’s armed forces paid a heavy price: about three million soldiers perished, including more than 200 generals. Before the war, the National Revolutionary Army fielded over 1.7 million regular troops; by the final years of the war, total mobilization reached nearly 5 million. By contrast, the Communist forces numbered only about 50,000 in 1937, but opportunistically expanded to over 1.2 million by the war’s end, having used the conflict to build strength.
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William Wang 