Collaboration is risky. If it fails, if the occupation is wound up prematurely and the bad guys come back to power, you might find yourself in some serious trouble.
Niall FergusonItโs our generation that is witnessing the end of Western predominance. The average American used to be more than 20 times richer than the average Chinese. Now itโs just five times, and soon it will be 2.5 times.
Niall FergusonThe Armenian genocide showed what could happen when empires were beaten into nations.
Niall FergusonAmerican Empire- it is an empire that lacks the drive to export its capital, its people and its culture to those backward regions which need them most urgently and which, if they are neglected, will breed the greatest threats to its security. It is an empire, in short, that dare not speak its name. It is an empire in denial.
Niall Ferguson