The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
Time for the IMF to Stop Blaming the Victim
English Summary
The article argues that the IMF's current analysis of global economic imbalances is outdated, incorrectly attributing too much blame to Europe and too little to China. It contends that China's surplus has significantly increased, largely at Europe's expense, which is evident when adjusting for data distortions like Ireland's tax practices and relying on customs data over potentially misreported balance of payments figures. The author concludes that the IMF must update its analytical framework to accurately reflect the true distribution of global surpluses and the impact of China's trade practices on European economies, urging a shift in its "worldview to trade reality."
中文摘要
文章指出國際貨幣基金組織（IMF）目前對全球經濟失衡的分析已經過時，錯誤地將過多責任歸咎於歐洲，而過少歸咎於中國。文章認為，中國的順差顯著增加，主要犧牲了歐洲的利益，這一點在調整愛爾蘭稅務實踐等數據扭曲，並依賴海關數據而非可能被錯誤報告的國際收支數據時顯而易見。作者總結，IMF 必須更新其分析框架，以準確反映全球順差的真實分佈以及中國貿易行為對歐洲經濟體的影響，並敦促 IMF 將其「世界觀轉向貿易現實」。
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