Philip Pilkington

1 month ago | americanaffairsjournal.org | Philip Pilkington |Julius Krein

Today’s consumer capitalist societies present us with a paradox: We are told year in and year out that living standards are rising, but many people—especially younger people—can feel their quality of life decline as time goes on. This feeling is palpable and can be seen in the hardest of the quality of life indices, such as the suicide rate and the rates of drug addiction and overdose.

Jan 22, 2025 | flipboard.com | Philip Pilkington

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Jan 18, 2025 | realcleardefense.com | Philip Pilkington

Why Aircraft Carriers Are Becoming Obsolete The carrier is too large, slow, and costly to evade rapidly evolving missile technology. Read Full Article »

Jan 17, 2025 | nationalinterest.org | Philip Pilkington

When Russia’s Oreshnik missile delivered its multiple payloads to Ukraine’s PA Pivdenmash plant in Dnipro, the guardian angels of aircraft carriers around the world wept. While some defenders of the use of aircraft carriers will no doubt claim that the jury is still out on whether advanced missile technology has rendered them militarily redundant, this is becoming an increasingly difficult position to maintain.

Jan 15, 2025 | brusselssignal.eu | Philip Pilkington

Last week Turkey announced that it was introducing a series of incentives designed to increase the Turkish birth rate. This comes a few weeks after the Turkish President Erdoğan announced the foundation of a Populations Policy Board under the Family and Social Services Ministry. It appears that the Turks, concerned about their birth rate which fell below replacement levels in 2018, are moving to copy the sorts of programmes the Hungarian government has been experimenting with for many years.