Showdown in the South China Sea: WHC 7045

November 8, 2015 by

November 08, 2015. Llewellyn and Linda discuss the political implications of China’s expansion in the South China Sea with Prof. Sean Henseler of the U.S. Naval War College and Jim Ludes of the Pell Center at Salve Regina University.

Entrepreneur Weir Says Kilowatts Need Liquidity To Be Banked, Traded Like Money

Llewellyn King

Chase Weir isn’t easy to unpack. But it is an endeavor that is worth it. Weir gives the impression of being a quiet, perhaps contained man. But when he talks, ideas flow, and particularly about the electricity supply ecosystem. I spent the best part of two days at the University Club in Washington talking […]

Iran War May Speed Nuclear Proliferation Elsewhere

Llewellyn King

The story goes that a weakling gets sand kicked in his face on the beach. He then joins a gym, pumps iron and returns to the beach, where all he has to do is flex his new muscles, and he is left alone. That, it would seem, is one lesson of nuclear weapons. Small countries […]

Loving Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day — for Its Contradictions

Llewellyn King

I won’t let St. Patrick’s Day pass without wearing something green and reaching for a glass of something that has been produced through fermentation or distillation. It is the least I can do for all the ways the Irish have enriched the world, but especially the English language, and me. When it comes to writing, […]

How Loneliness Became a Pandemic and What You Can Do

Llewellyn King

You don’t have to be sitting by yourself on an island to be lonely. Loneliness is everywhere. Studies from universities, governments and public health groups find that the world is in the grip of a loneliness pandemic. More than half the U.S. population is said to be suffering from loneliness. It is classified globally as […]