Russia’s expansionist appetites are growing and neighbouring nations are growing increasingly alarmed. After decades of neutrality, Sweden is dramatically increasing its military budget and strengthening its ties with Washington. In the Wall Street Journal, Michael M. Phillips and James Marson examine the Swedes’ strategy for resisting a Russian incursion.
Reversing Industrial Suicide
Following the loss of 5 million U.S. industrial jobs from 2000 through 2017, Joel Kotkin in Spiked writes of the growing consensus – alone among Western countries, and despite the U.S. left’s hatred of Donald Trump – to revive America’s industries by “reshoring” manufacturing. Today, writes Kotkin, even some of the famously globalist “tech bros” are opening new facilities back home to manufacture tangible, advanced products. One sign of success: China is measurably bleeding in its manufacturing output.
