Thank you for such a well-researched article that pulls together elements rarely compared and analysed. The schizophrenic, ever dividing consciousness of western scholarship has so-called 'experts' look at either domestic policy or foreign, you will have the specialists on prison reform/education and in a separate basket, the 'experts' on child development or military spending...

Here, you have once again, shown width of analysis and depth of vision that is truly rare amongst both academics and media pundits. Please pull your writings together and make available as an e-book, at least. Analysis that makes sense of the current world situation is desperately needed, specially by the younger generation who are inheriting the legacy of this monumental betrayal.