Articles - Joel Kotkin

Europe Is Burning

November 11, 2023/in Demographics, Politics

Europe is in decline; hemmed in by dismal demographics, high taxes, suffocating regulation, and an entrenched bureaucracy that makes California seem like a libertarian paradise.

Democrats Should Think Twice About Gavin Newsom

November 9, 2023/in California, Politics

Democrats should think twice about Gavin Newsom; the California governor is a textbook case of gentry progressivism and its disastrous implications for working- and middle-class people.

Is the west ready for another war? Our industrial base has declined.

Is the West Ready for World War 3?

November 7, 2023/in Politics

Previous struggles were won not only thanks to good political and military leadership, but also by the sheer force of industrial power; is the West ready for another world war?

Qatari and other autocracies are heavily funding American universities - what are they getting out of their largesse?

Moolah from Mullahs

November 4, 2023/in Urban Affairs

For decades, China and Middle Eastern autocracies have been pouring billions of dollars into American and other foreign universities.

Will increasing antisemitism lead to Jews retreating into defensive enclaves?

Will Jews Return to the Ghetto?

November 2, 2023/in Demographics, Politics, Religion

Faced with increasing antisemitism, will Jews retreat into a more separate existence—a ghetto of the spirit—in exchange for being left alone?

Is California's culture of political progressivism contributing to the silence of Hollywood and Silicon Valley Jews?

Many of Hollywood and Silicon Valley Jews Are Silent on Israel

October 31, 2023/in California, Politics, Religion

Does the silence of Hollywood and Silicon Valley Jews on Israel stem from the reflexively progressive politics that dominate California?

Gaza, ruled by Hamas — recognized as a terrorist organization — is one front in the cultural and religious clashes that drive war today.

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Samuel Huntington was Right: Cultural and Religious Clashes are Driving War Today

October 28, 2023/in Politics, Religion

Samuel Huntington’s 2011 book, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, predicted the cultural and religious clashes that are driving war today.

Energy security is critical to the national security of the U.S. and its allies

Alarm on Energy

October 26, 2023/in Politics

Our national security, and that of our allies, depends on energy security. Energy is the economy. We forget these realities at our extreme peril.

Why are Jews abandoning the left? Most likely it is the growing left-wing support of the actions of groups such as Hamas.

Why Jews Are Abandoning the Left

October 24, 2023/in Politics

The recent atrocities committed by Hamas against Israel have challenged the historic alliance between Jews and the left, in light of the support of Hamas among progressive leftists in the West.