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No more Colony Days in Palmer?

The Palmer Chamber of Commerce has changed the name of its iconic farm-friendly festival, which honored the hard work of pioneers who settled in the area and brought agriculture to Alaska.

The new name is Braided River Festival, in honor of all the rivers that flow through the area. Its a rebrand, and without saying so, the Chamber is indicating that Colony Days is politically incorrect because of the word colony.

Colony Days has gone on for decades, and features a parade, booths, activities for kids, races, reindeer, a rodeo, car shows, and more.

The community of Palmer was founded in 1935, after 200 or more families were relocated to Palmer from the Midwest under the New Deal, a program created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Each family was given 40 acres in the region, and the only requirement was that they establish a self-sufficient farming community. The early colonists, as they were called, suffered many hardships to make a life in Alaska in territorial days. Today, Palmer is the agricultural heartbeat of the state, with farms throughout the area. Families of the colonists are proud of their hearty heritage.

After decades of successfully hosting one of the summers largest festivals in the valley, we felt it was important to rebrand it to reflect what it has grown into: a celebration of the many aspects of what makes Palmer unique, said GPCC Executive Director Ailis Vann. A braided river is made up of smaller rivers, creeks, and tributaries that come together to form one large, powerful force. For decades, the Palmer Chamber has also grown into a larger force thanks to the support of our community partners. It also speaks to the natural beauty of the Palmer area, including the Matanuska and Knik Rivers.

Colony Days and the Colony Christmas festival were originally created by the occupants of the Matanuska Colony Project 86 years ago, the Chamber wrote. The Greater Palmer Chamber of Commerce eventually took on organizational duties for the event and grew it into what it is today; a three-day, indoor and outdoor celebration that features a parade, food trucks, vendor booths, family activities, music, and other opportunities to highlight local businesses in Palmer.

This years event is scheduled for June 10-12.

Deputy Mayor Pamela Melin says she is disheartened and saddened by the actions of the Chamber of Commerce, which have taken away the beloved Colony tradition.

My children have celebrated along side me as an adult. Now I have grandchildren who I would love to share these experiences with. To disregard our rich history is not the answer to a cohesive future. If we have truly grown as a people, we wouldnt apply such politically driven and divisive labels such as occupants of the Matanuska Colony Project. I fear the impact to our local businesses that could bear the brunt of such a decision. The people of Palmer deserve to know the following: What led to this radical change and rebranding?Was there data supplied that required this change?Who was the motivator behind determining the need and were there special interest groups involved in the decision making?Who was the key author and designer of the rebrand? Did the board members or members debate or have an opportunity to weigh in on such an impactful decision? Did the members even know this was happening?

There is still a Colony High School in Palmer, but it may be next on the list for a name change to erase the history of the people who came to farm the land.

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No longer about a place as much as a state of mind, Donald Glovers Atlanta returns after nearly four years for a long-delayed third season doing what this series does best: defying expectations.

Few series would dare to open after such a long break between seasons with an episode that hardly shows its main character, instead spinning a racially charged ghost story as prologue to an alarming modern parable about Black children trapped in a perversion of the foster-care system. What are we to make of these disturbing vignettes? Are they a nightmare? If so, whose, and why?

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Before you can even process the weirdness of it all, the second episode (airing back-to-back) snaps us back to the world of Earn (Glover), the barely managing manager of his rapper cousin Paper Bois (Brian Tyree Henry) career, which has taken off with a European tour. Earn, as usual, appears to be over his head as well as a perpetual fish out of water in the cultural fast lane. Hes late getting to the latest leg in Amsterdam, nursing a cold and a bad attitude that doesnt improve when he and Paper Boi (aka Alfred) are exposed to an unsettling and politically incorrect local Christmas custom.

Far from a whimsical travelogue, this season of Atlanta promises to sustain an off-kilter vibe that rattles your nerves. Thats especially true during the second episodes bizarre subplot, a Dutch odyssey involving entourage members Darius (LaKeith Stanfield), who in his druggie haze is right at home in the Venice of the North, and Earns currently rootless ex, Van (Zazie Beetz). They follow their zenand a random clue retrieved from a vintage-shop jacketto become witness to an event thats beyond macabre.

With only the first night available for preview, I have no idea what adventures await Earn and his pals in Europe, but I guarantee it will look like nothing else on TV.

Atlanta, Season 3 Premiere, Thursday, March 24, 10/9c, FX

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The Season 3 trailer for "The Boys" has been flagged more than 20 million times since debuting, according to a tweet from the show's official Twitter page. Take your pick for the actual content being flagged. There's the previously mentioned blood and also a little risky business in a bathroom. Homelander (Anthony Starr) appears to take great pleasure in finding the source of his favorite drink: a cow. Plus, there's the always strange The Deep (Chace Crawford), the show's play on Aquaman, except this one has been expelled from The Seven and has been trying to make his way back since. The Deep also has a powerful connection to sea creatures, and Season 3 shows him seductively eyeing an octopus while he's being intimate with what one presumes to be a human.

"Everyone's raving that the Season 3 teaser is 'deeply unhinged' and asking 'what the f**k did we just watch?'" "The Boys" Twitter account wrote in celebration. Some users expressed shock that anyone would be surprised by a trailer for "The Boys" that pushes the envelope."Tell me you've never read the Boys without telling me you've never read the Boys," Twitter user Lymang wrote.User David Olvera added, "wait for them to read the comic."

Fans of "The Boys" have to wait until June 3 for Season 3, but in the meantime, a spinoff animated series titled "The Boys: Diabolical" was released on March 4.

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Its just three cookbooks, but they feel very heavy. Their weight, however, is due much more to their content rather than to their actual mass.

I think youll understand why they feel that way when I say the cookbooks are what I found at the library on Ukrainian food. Technically, only one is specifically Ukrainian and the other two are more Russian…which might seem very politically incorrect, but honestly, my heart is heavy for all the people involved in the current terrible violence.

I cant type any words that make anything better for the families that are suffering; I cant make the pain, destruction, heartache, terroror loss go away.

One very small thing I can do, however, is cook Ukrainian recipes. The table is such a central aspect of how we live out community, and though Ukraine is across the globe, I want them to feel not so far away. I want to show honor, respectand sympathy, to somehow use bread, honeyand dill to send a hug all the miles over. Ukraines common ingredients and culinary traditions are rich, strongand full of history, and its a privilege to draw from those flavors to bring food to our table.

I always find that the more I research a country and taste its food, the more connected I feel and the more I love it. Food is never just food: it tells stories on the plate.

As I paged through the recipes, a few themes emerged. Poppyseeds and mushrooms both showed up way more than I expected. Hardy vegetables like potatoes, onionsand beets are common, as you might have expected, but produce choices certainly arent limited to them, as a variety of herbs and fruits also feature prominently, and summers are warm enough that home gardens are popular and productive. They enjoy lots of cultured dairy products, which of course I love, as well as a wide selection of fermented vegetables and fruits, way beyond sauerkraut.

Researching recipes also showed me that we in Kansas have a special connection to Ukraine. Theres nothing more Kansas-y than bright yellow sunflowers stretching under a blue sky, or golden wheat waving as far as the eye can see, right?

Apparently there might not be much more Ukraine-y, either!

Kansas is the Sunflower State, and Ukraines official national flower is the sunflower. Sunflowers have been grown in Ukraine since the 1700s, and their oil is crucial in traditional cooking, especially during Lent when animal products are abstained from in the Orthodox church. Sunflowers are now emerging as a symbol of solidarity for Ukraine in this conflict.

Kansas is considered the breadbasket of the U.S., but Ukraine is the breadbasket of the world, purportedly home to the best climate to grow wheat! Not surprisingly then, flour is one of the most prominently featured ingredients in Ukrainian cuisine. Breads of all shapes, sizes, and flavors; doughnuts, rolls, dumplings, noodles, cakes, the list goes on. From savory to sweet, baked to fried, simple to elaborate, everyday to holiday, they have amazing options for flour.

Though its a little early according to the calendar, and technically shouldnt be made during Lent due to all the eggs and dairy, I baked up a traditional Easter bread last week. It is called paska, in eastern Ukraine it is sweeter, tallerand topped with icing; and in western Ukraine it is breadier, rounderand topped with designs of dough; but in both, it is delicious, largeand celebratory.

Like the cookbook it was in, making the bread felt heavy. Partially because I didnt give mine enough time to rise well, so it actually was too dense. But mostly it felt heavy because I so want the promise of Easter, of life after darkness, to be true for the people of Ukraine right now. I want this season of Lent, of waiting and sorrow, to be over for them. But its not yet.

So for now, we eat paska, bread that is sweet and heavy and takes time, bread that is eaten each year as it symbolizes Easter joy after Lenten sorrow. And with each slice, we hope and pray for Ukraine.

Traditionally baked in very large loaves (using up to 5 pounds of flour), paska announces the end of the fast with plenty of eggs and butter. I decreased the recipe size but not the flavor, combining the cloves of one style with the citrus of another style; that might sound wintry to us, but somehow it tastes exactly like Spring, too. This can be served with a very similarly-named pascha, which is a sweet spread made from a cultured cottage-cheese-style cheese called tvorog; you may see a recipe for that in the future, because its super delicious, but you can also just add vanilla and lemon to sweetened cream cheese.

Prep tips: as noted, this does take quite some time to rise, as its a very heavy dough. Give it at least five hours, but remember that is hands-off time and this is really very simple.

1 tablespoons instant yeast

cup warm water

cup sugar

3 eggs

4 tablespoons melted butter

zest and juice of 1 orange

1 teaspoon cloves

cup warm whole milk

5-6 cups flour

In a large mixing bowl, whisk yeast and water with a pinch of the sugar. Let it set until it bubbles, five minutes. Mix in the remaining ingredients, starting with the lesser amount of flour. Knead by hand or with mixer for several minutes, until dough is smooth and elastic, adding flour as necessary. Let rise until doubled. Knead again slightly and shape into a round, placing into a buttered round casserole dish, and letting rise until doubled again. Bake at 325 for 45-60 minutes, until fully golden and firm. Let cool, remove from pan, and ice with a simple powdered-sugar glaze and/or serve slices spread with cream cheese (see note).

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Im struck by the recent movement, currently in at least 36 states, to restrict teaching the history of racism in schools. The motivation is pretty clearly stated in the bills and laws.

Georgia House Bill 1084 bans divisive concepts that include claims that the United States is fundamentally or systematically racist, and instructs that no one should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress because of his or her race.

Bills using the same language have been proposed in dozens of states, backed by the Center for Renewing America, a think tank led by former Trump administration officials.

The past few years weve seen a lot of conservative criticism about the snowflakes at our colleges and universities. Walter E. Williams of The New American magazine provides just one example when he ridicules spineless college administrators and the college students they cave in to who are easily traumatized by criticism and politically incorrect phrases. They demand safe spaces and trigger warnings . . . as though they must be protected against words, events, and deeds that do not fully conform to their extremely limited, narrow-minded beliefs built on sheer delusion.

Not only do conservative lawmakers whine about acknowledging the realities of our political and social history; theyre passing laws against even discussing them. Theyre so sensitive!

I have to wonder: Who are the real snowflakes?

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Kyiv March 24, 2022

During the homily given at the daily Moleben (Paraklesis or Supplicatory Canon to the Theotokos) for Peace offered at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection in Kyiv on March 24, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), Father and Head of the world-wide Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church (UGCC) reflected on the forthcoming consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, reported the Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU).

In his remarks, His Beatitude noted the readiness of the entire UGCC to join in this solemn act of consecration and noted that to speak of the conversion of Russia was at one time considered politically incorrect:

In accordance with the petitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which she proclaimed in the early twentieth century in Fatima, Pope Francis, together with the bishops of the Catholic Church around the world, will consecrate Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Theotokos petitioned for prayers for the conversion of Russia, because otherwise the evil that will come out of it will destroy other countries. Formerly, it was said that we should not talk about the Fatima apparition, so as not to offend Russia, but now the Holy Father wishes to pay attention to this request of the Theotokos for this consecration to defeat the evil that comes to our lands from that part of the world and Europe.

Continuing, His Beatitude noted that Kyivan-Rus and especially the city of Kyiv was initially consecrated to the Theotokos after Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise completed the famous golden domed St. Sophia Cathedral in the 11thcentury, with its central mosaic of the Theotokos Orante or Theotokos, Indestructible Wall.

The Patriarch concluded his homily with a prayer for the defeat of the apocalyptic beast unleashed on Ukraine by the Russian aggressors:

May this evil be defeated in the north, south, west and east of Ukraine. We know that the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a symbol of Her holy and pure will, which she showed when she said yes to the Archangel Gabriel. (Luke 1:38) At that moment, the Blessed Virgin Mary erased the head of the devil, an apocalyptic beast that is raging again, attacking Ukraine from Russia. May this consecration be the moment when the head of this serpent, by the power of prayer of the Theotokos herself, the Immovable Wall of Kyiv, will be raised again in Ukraine! We believe in this and we pray for it. We say: Most Holy Theotokos, save us! Amen.

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This Sundays Academy Awards will be a litmus test of whether Hollywood can uncouple itself from the political agenda of young woke radicals that is proving so unpopular in the US. Joe Biden had a stab at it during his State of the Union address, criticising the defund the police movement for fear of a Democrat wipeout in the midterms, and the New York Times did an astonishing volte-face last week, publishing an editorial in defence of free speech. A bit rich from the paper that recently forced out its most distinguished science reporter at the behest of its junior staff for using the n-word in a discussion about the appropriate use of the n-word.

But will the luvvies be able to resist trotting out all the usual fashionable platitudes about sex, race and gender? The producers of the Oscars certainly hope so. Last years telecast only attracted 10.4 million viewers, down from 23.6 million in 2020, and various initiatives have been introduced to boost the audience figures.

For instance, this years hosts are three potty-mouthed comedians: Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes. Schumer has said she intends to emulate Ricky Gervais, whose politically incorrect monologues as host of the Golden Globes have attracted huge audiences on social media. Im going to get myself in some trouble, she said earlier this month. Ill burn every bridge.

Then theres the addition of a new fan favourite category, voted for by Twitter users. This is to give the producers an excuse to show clips from some of the most commercially successful films of last year such as Spider-Man: No Way Home, Venom: Let There Be Carnage and No Time to Die, none of which has been nominated for Oscars in any of the major categories. But Twitter has allowed each user to vote up to 20 times a day, creating an opportunity for fans of particular films (and actors) to game the contest. Already, a hard core of Johnny Depp enthusiasts have ensured that his latest film an obscure art-house offering called Minamata is on the shortlist. Its one thing for the Academy Awards to become slightly less woke; quite another to honour a man whose ex-wife has accused him of repeatedly assaulting her.

Presumably, one of the reasons Depps fans have got behind Minamata is because theyre unhappy that hes been dropped by Hollywood its a protest against cancel culture. Which gives me an idea. If the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences really wants to push back against the Torquemadas of the progressive left, it could include an addendum to its In memoriam section listing all the Hollywood celebrities who were cancelled in 2021. Number one on the list would be Alec Baldwin, clutching a prop gun and flashing a cheeky grin.

Heres another suggestion: why not introduce a rule whereby any winner who expresses support for a political cause during their acceptance speech has to forfeit their gold statuette? This is a role that Ricky Gervais was born for. I can imagine him marching up to Steven Spielberg, snatching the Oscar from his hand and saying: Sorry, but a man who owns a $70 million private jet doesnt get to lecture us about climate change.

And if the producers want to win back some of those disgruntled red-state viewers, why not hire the pro-Brexit musical comedian Dominic Frisby to perform some of his songs? Theres one I particularly like called Maybe that includes the line: Maybe Donald Trump is not all bad. Id actually stay up till four oclock in the morning just to see the look on Frances McDormands face. Now theres a clip that would go viral on social media.

But in truth I dont expect 2022s Academy Awards to be much of a departure from previous years, i.e. a snorefest of nonstop virtue signalling. Just as most leading Democrats cannot help but engage in ritualised bouts of racial self-flagellation, even though they know its Kryptonite to white working-class voters, so multi-millionaire movie stars will drone on about the under-representation of women and minorities in spite of the television audiences lack of interest in their political views. I dont suppose Joe Bidens tack to the centre will save his Congressional colleagues in November, and the inclusion of a couple of risqu gags by Amy Schumer wont be enough to stop the Oscars haemorrhaging viewers. It will be a few years yet before Americas liberal establishment learns the lesson thats currently being meted out to the mainstream media: get woke, go broke.

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A recent opinion piece in The New York Times spoke to the ideological intolerance and accompanying self-censorship that has crept its way into many peoples lives. The author, a college senior at the University of Virginia, described how students must hold back in class discussions, in friendly conversations, on social media from saying what [they] really think, when discussing subjects like diversity training, racial justice, and gender. It is only when the author is quite literally behind closed doors, speaking in hushed tones with her professors and friends, that ideas can freely circulate, according to the piece.

Its a hostility I know well.

Open dialogue used to be the hallmark of academic conversations and the purpose of pursuing higher education. Instead, I constantly hear from students about how they refrain from asking questions or offering their opinions out of fear that they will anger their peers and alienate their professors. There is a quiet understanding that failing to regurgitate certain preapproved leftist platitudes will bring about disaster in the classroom and beyond.

A survey by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and RealClearEducation found that about four in five university students report self-censoring at least some of the time, and roughly one in five students say they do it often. These effects were found regardless of ones identity markers, including race or sexual orientation.

The problem affects students and academics across the political spectrum, but it is disproportionately felt by right-leaning individuals. This is because left-leaning professors tend to outnumber conservative professors on campus; in social sciences and humanities departments, which are primarily focused on cultural politics and activism, left-leaning professors dominate at a ratio of 14 to one.

The Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology found that more than half of conservative academics admit to self-censoring in their research and teaching, and 70 per cent report a departmental climate that is hostile to their beliefs. Political discrimination takes the form of excluding professors from hiring, funding and social situations, like sitting together at lunch. It also normalizes attitudes about firing them for controversial or politically incorrect research findings.

These consequences are further amplified by university administrators and other professors who fail to defend academics when they are attacked for their work, deciding instead to remain silent or siding with the loud minority of students having a meltdown.

The fact that closed-mindedness is being rewarded throughout a system responsible for educating impressionable minds should be unsettling to anyone enjoying the benefits of living in a democracy. To make matters worse, critics on the political left will too often claim that concerns of self-suppression are overblown, missing an opportunity to use their platforms to advocate for a solution.

We rightfully frown upon discriminating against people based on characteristics like race, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, yet it remains socially acceptable to exclude and demonize people for their political beliefs. This is not an issue confined to the loony fringes of the academic world, but something that affects everyday people in the workplace, as well.

According to a Cato Institute poll, nearly one-third of Americans say they worry about losing job opportunities or being fired if their political opinions become known. This self-censorship affects people across the political spectrum, but is again particularly pronounced among conservatives (77 per cent say they feel prevented from saying things they believe) and highly educated people (44 per cent of Americans with a postgrad degree say they fear losing their job or missing out on opportunities if their political opinions became known).

Ideological dissenters are not the only ones harmed by this illiberalism. Students who dont fear unwanted consequences for their opinions are also adversely affected. Completing several years or degrees in an academic setting without having to seriously contend with a different point of view reinforces the false perception that the affirmed, often hyper-progressive values are, by default, correct. It impedes ones ability to reconcile that people of different political persuasions or opinions are still fellow humans and thus worthy of respect.

After all, some of the most interesting and inspiring conversations can flourish from disagreement. Students who are shielded from these exchanges miss vital opportunities to refine their critical thinking skills and better understand the world we live in. Instead, our universities are allowing them to languish in a fantasyland in which adhering to popular opinion, and ignoring all others, warrants praise, ascendancy and immunity from criticism.

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You might as well debate whether autumn should follow summer, Tony Blair once said, as debate the nature or desirability of globalisation. Blair was, as so often, intellectually clear, politically provocative, and entirely incorrect.

For globalisation the treaties, processes and structures that have made the world more complex, inter-connected and inter-reliant is the product of political choices. Those choices, such as the regulation and deregulation of labour markets, the regulation and taxation of capital, and the terms on which countries traded with one another, determined not only that globalisation proceeded apace, but the nature of change it brought.

Trade in manufactured goods was liberalised, while services were protected. Trade deals with states that would clearly ignore the terms most notably China were agreed with little regard to their abuse. With domestic policies, some countries did more than others to protect their people from the winds of change, and some did more than others to protect their national infrastructure from the prying eyes of hostile states.

For a while, all seemed fine. We imported cheap clothes and manufactured goods. Our borrowing costs and inflation were kept down by government policies and savers in Asia. House prices rose and plenty felt better off for it.

But slowly the costs became more apparent. Mid-skilled work disappeared. Pay stagnated. As productivity increased, returns for workers failed to keep up with those for investors. As factories closed and manufacturing moved to Asia, the link between the success of British companies and the prosperity of British people ruptured: while once executives might have shared some gains with low and mid-skilled workers, these days such workers are employed in other countries.

Even some of the fruits of globalisation are turning to rot. While the limited development of the Chinese economy once kept inflation low, now it drives it up as we compete for scarce resources like oil and gas. While the abandonment of manufacturing was seen as the height of modernisation, during the pandemic we found we were exposed without it. While openness to foreign investment was once our leitmotif, now we understand it is exploited by hostile states to launder dirty money and gain leverage against us.

Even now our leaders are reluctant to see the truth. They cling to long-disproved liberal assumptions that our values are universal, that the rest of the world wants to become like us, that interconnectedness makes war impossible, that the liberalisation of trade inevitably leads to open societies and democratic politics and hope that events might still swing their way.

The longer this foolhardy hope goes on, the more painful the inevitable change will be, and the more our rivals and enemies will conspire to inflict new blows upon us. Russia, so long as it is led by Putin or his allies, cannot expect a return to normal diplomatic or economic relations. And like it or not, Western countries will soon be forced to decouple, perhaps to varying extents, from China.

But if this phase of globalisation is over, what comes next? To answer we first need to be honest with ourselves. We do not, as we often tell ourselves we do, live in a liberal, rules-based order. Since the Cold War we have lived in an American-led order, in which US military and financial might has allowed Washington to dominate the world. American hegemony is preferable to anything that might replace it, but we should not delude ourselves that global institutions and structures are in any way fair. They are backed by force, and the rules are bent to protect American interests.

That US-led order has not been destroyed, but it is challenged. America lost its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Through naivety and neglect, it invited China into the global trading system and watched as Beijing broke all the rules, dumped cheap products on the West, pilfered economic and military secrets, and caused deindustrialisation and social decay across the Rust Belt. American political instability, repeated elsewhere in the West, is directly linked to the economic and social anxiety fuelled in part by globalisation.

The rivals and enemies who challenge us do not seek to export their ideology, overthrow our system of government, or destroy our culture. But as China becomes more powerful, its global interests are growing and with them its security and military interests grow too. As Western relative power declines, the likes of Russia, Iran and North Korea will become more assertive.

The new model, then, needs to resist and restrict our rivals and enemies. It requires recognition that economic might matters, and so the pursuit of growth is not optional. It requires us to prioritise national resilience over the notional efficiency of stretched supply chains. It requires economic nationalism, strategic planning and the maintenance of domestic production and core capabilities.

It also demands closer cooperation across the West, and with allies who stand with us. We need new institutions and fora to secure such cooperation, and coordinated policies on defence and security, access to commodities like energy, and vital tech capabilities, from the manufacture of chips to expertise in sectors like artificial intelligence and telecommunications. We need to be prepared for the end of the open, global internet and a challenge to the dollar as the worlds reserve currency.

We will need to accept the reality of spheres of influence and, engage in a contest for support, power, trade and access to natural resources in non-aligned countries. We will need to accept we cannot help liberals and democrats in every country, and sometimes ally ourselves with countries that are neither liberal nor democratic. We will need to spend more on defence and security policy and use our combined aid budgets to rival Chinas belt and road initiative. At home, we will need to do more to heal the social and economic divides our enemies like to exploit.

There was nothing inevitable about the globalisation of the past three decades. Indeed, we are now approaching its end. But our security, prosperity and liberty depend on us shaping what follows.

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Globalisation has run its sorry course. We must find a new model - The Telegraph