Introduction There is a great deal of discussion among U.S. policymakers today about the challenges that China’s rising power presents for the United States. This discussion is welcome news as China, under the governance of the Chinese Communist Party, presents a combination of risks the United States has never before faced.
The world this week lost a great defender of economic freedom with the passing of the great American economist Walter E. Williams. He was 84. Williams’ legacy will be one of fighting for lasting liberty at every turn against those who would be dictators over their fellow man.
Burke, director of Heritage’s Center for Education Policy, follows in the footsteps of two well-known colleagues who previously served on Mason’s board in the late 1990s: founder and former president Ed Feulner and Edwin Meese III, the Ronald Reagan distinguished fellow emeritus.