The Plot Against China?
The United States and China are embroiled in a contest that might prove more enduring, more wide-ranging, and more intense than any other international competition in modern history, including the Cold War. Read More Here
Europe Eyes The Indo-Pacific, But Now It’s Time To Act
European countries have, in the past few decades, largely limited their interest in the Asia-Pacific to economic ties, focusing predominately on China. But times are changing. China is still in focus, but for altogether different reasons. Read More Here
Techno-Feudalism Is Taking Over
The claim that capitalism is being toppled by a new economic mode comes on the heels of many premature forecasts of capitalism’s demise, especially from the left. But this time it may well be true, and the signs that it is have been visible for a while. Read More Here
The Return Of Great-Power Subversion
Subversion—domestic interference to undermine or manipulate a rival—has always been a part of great-power politics. What stands out as an anomaly is the brief period of extraordinary U.S. dominance, beginning after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the United States appeared immune to malicious meddling by peer competitors, in large part because there weren’t […]
The Quad Is A Delusion
The Quad’s emergence shouldn’t surprise Beijing. Rising powers routinely evoke countervailing coalitions, and shared anxiety about an adversary can contribute to their cohesion—but that’s just a starting point. The Quad’s problem is it doesn’t have much else to run on and hence will ultimately amount to U.S. power with a multilateral veneer. Read More Here
China’s Communist Party At 100: The Secret Of Its Longevity
On July 1, China’s Communist Party will celebrate its 100th birthday. It has always called itself “great, glorious and correct”. And as it starts its second century, the party has good cause to brag. Read More Here
China’s Seventh-Generation Leaders Who May Reach The Top
Many of these contenders are experienced in specialised fields, including tourism promotion, port management and urban planning. Top officials born in the 1960s look set to continue serving under Xi until their retirement rather than having a shot at the top post. Read More Here
How Great Powers Should Compete
Both China and the West espouse some version of multilateralism. But unfettered strategic competition, together with relentlessly negative rhetoric, precludes effective multilateralism, not least by disrupting trade and technology transfer – a crucial driver of development. Read More Here
India’s Opposition Can’t Beat Modi Without The ‘Grand Old Party’
With the 2024 parliamentary election firmly in their sights, key opposition parties across India are appearing to make plans on how to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The operative phrase here is “appearing to”. Read More Here
China’s Unrivalled Economic Power Will Define Asia’s Political Future
Given that money and wealth often leads political influence, it is China’s growing economic and financial regional dominance which will define Asia’s future geopolitics, not what external powers with declining influence may want or wish. Read More Here
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