By Matthew Ehret In these times, it is worth revisiting a bygone time in which a leading American political figure embraced a US-Russia-China alliance: Henry A. Wallace, Agricultural Secretary from 1933-1941, and US Vice-President from 1941-1944. After his government service, Wallace passionately upheld a new vision of the post-war world that included the East. As…
Category: Asia
Khazaria and the Forgotten Christian-Jewish-Muslim-Confucian Alliance
As part of the RTF Lecture Series “The Renaissance Principle Across the Ages“, Matthew Ehret discusses the Christian-Jewish-Muslim-Confucian Alliance of Khazaria. Today’s age of geopolitics has made it difficult for many people to appreciate the cooperative traditions in history that gave rise to the great discoveries and progress of humanity’s collective experience. From the ancient…
How Saudi Arabia Broke Free of the Empire
On Sunday Sept 15 The Rising Tide Foundation hosted Gordon McCormick who unpacked some extremely important historic lessons of British Imperial manipulation of Southwest Asia and the battle of the two Saudi Arabias.
The Lost Confucian Philosopher Gu Hongming and the Chinese Religion of Good Citizenship
In our age of decadence, it is a rare thing to encounter educational reformers who knew how to balance the two fold trap of teaching broad moral philosophy devoid of practical application on the one hand or utilitarianism devoid of moral principles on the other. In this five part workshop, Dr. Quan Le introduces the…
Of Minds and Men- On Universal History and the Creation of Aristocratic Men (Dr. Quan Le Lecture)
RTF advisor Dr. Quan Le sheds light on the struggle to create a culture of truly sovereign citizens stretching back from ancient times to our current age with a focus on both Plato and the Confucian traditions (which must be understood, as Quan explains, to involve a process that actually stretches farther before and after…
‘The Special Relationship’: How the British Reconquered the United States and Established an Anglo-American Empire
By Cynthia Chung “Neither the sure prevention of war, nor the continuous rise of world organisation will be gained without … a special relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States…not only the growing friendship and mutual understanding between our two vast but kindred systems of society, but the continuance of the intimate…
Cheikh Anta Diop’s Dream of a United Africa: The Economic Vision for an African New Silk Road
In this Rising Tide Foundation lecture, Nicholas Jones explores the strategic thinking of Africa’s great renaissance philosopher/scientist/statesman Cheikh Anta Diop and his vision for a modern, technologically advanced Africa liberated from the yoke of colonialism. Nicholas additionally lays out various elements of the evolving Belt and Road Initiative on the continent which are bringing Diop’s…
The Art of Peace- The New Silk Road Counters an Age of Turbulence
The Rising Tide Foundation proudly presents the proceedings of the November 16 seminar held in Montreal Canada entitled “The Art of Peace: The New Silk Road Counters an Age of Turbulence” featuring six speakers tackling the multi-faceted New Silk Road from artistic, engineering, historical, philosophical and scientific standpoints. Presentation 1: A new epoch of cooperation…
The Truth About Environmentalism in China The Pagan Origins of Ecology (Fox Green RTF Lecture)
This Sunday February 18, 2023, Fox Green (analyst, editor, filmmaker and founder of SpaceCommune.com) delivered a lecture called ‘The Truth About Environmentalism in China and the Pagan Origins of Ecology’ which traced the roots of the death cult that infused itself into both Capitalist and Communist thinking over the course of the past 150 years….
Guanzi- Introduction to 3000 Years of Chinese Economic Thought
Guanzi is a nearly 3000 year old Chinese treatise that defines economics as “the study of making the country rich” which is still quoted by China’s leaders to this day. Join us for an afternoon we we transcend the lens of western-only understanding, read from original texts, and see what economics has always meant from…