14 maj. Trump Wants Détente. Xi Wants Taiwan, IQ, Iran, EU utrikespolitik

 

Niall Ferguson: Trump Wants Détente. Xi Wants Taiwan

Here’s the conventional view on Xi’s Taiwan game plan.

With local elections in November this year, and a presidential election in January 2028, Xi can just wait patiently for Taiwan to fall into his lap, without having to fire a shot, instead encouraging “people-to-people exchanges,” tourism, and trade, all designed to reassure the Taiwanese that they have nothing to fear from a future of “one country, two systems.”  

Niall Ferguson The Free Press 13 May 2026

https://www.thefp.com/p/trump-xi-detente-taiwan-summit-stakes



As Their Leaders Meet, American and Chinese People Are Drifting Apart

Today, there are fewer than 2,000 American students in China — compared with 11,000 in 2019

Chinese enrollment in American universities is falling, too. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/world/asia/trump-xi-summit-people-culture.html


U.S. stocks are continuing their upswing Thursday.

Dow Flirts With 50000 as Investors Focus on AI Trade

Chipmaker Cerebras Systems to start trading after largest IPO of year

https://www.wsj.com/finance/u-s-futures-european-markets-rise-on-nvidia-led-rally-trump-xi-summit-eyed-992bf06e




USA-börserna dundrade vidare 
– rapportrally i Klarna, steg nära 20 procent. 
Wall Streets breda index är nu upp nästan 18 procent sedan botten i mars, där Irankriget skapade stor oro bland investerare. 


Varför ställer så få politiker och journalister den avgörande frågan 

om vad som skulle kunna hända om kärnvapen hamnar i händerna på en nation som med alla medel vill påtvinga världen sin ideologi – en ideologi som samtidigt hyllar martyrdöden? 

I stället dominerar de negativa, ofta ekonomiska effekterna av anfallet på Iran.  

Dick Holmgren Epoch Times 13 maj 2026

https://www.epochtimes.se/krigshetsare-eller-fredsbevarare


Först måste vi sluta förvänta oss att alla grupper ska prestera lika. Vi bör också sluta förklara varje ojämlikhet med att vissa grupper förtrycker andra. 

I stället behöver vi acceptera att såväl individer som grupper kan skilja sig åt vad gäller förmågor och intressen.

Filosofen Nathan Cofnas Europas mest hatade forskare

Kvartal 14 maj 2026

https://kvartal.se/henrikhojer/artiklar/europas-mest-hatade-forskare/cG9zdDoxMDk1NzE 


På senare tid har försvars- och säkerhetspolitiken stått i cent­rum för EU. 

Hittills har den varit en nationell kompetens, vilket märks av att enighet gäller på detta område. Men nu höjs röster för att enighet ska ersättas med majoritet. Skälet för det är förstås en vilja från Bryssels sida att kunna hävda att man är bättre på den geopolitiska arenan. 

I det fall regering och riksdag godtar detta har Sverige i praktiken helt förlorat sitt inflytande över en fråga som är absolut central för varje land – utrikespolitiken.

Anne-Marie Pålsson Epoch Times 14 maj 2026

https://www.epochtimes.se/demokratin-krymper-nar-makten-flyttar-bort-fran-valjarna


Dagen innan

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2026/05/13-maj-anthropic-900-billion-globala.html






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