Will U.S. Midterm Results Affect Washington’s Foreign Policy?
A Republican-led House could mean a more hawkish stance on China and less aid for Ukraine—or more of the same. Read More Here
Tag: Politics
Biden, Li Break US-China Diplomatic Ice At East Asia Summit
The two leaders attend discussion in Phnom Penh ahead of expected Xi Jinping-Biden talks at G20. White House says US leader underlines need for access to East China and South China seas. Read More Here
A Century Into Ataturk’s Republic, Turks Charting A Path Into The Unknown
There’s been much talk of a post-post-Kemalist era, with Turks moving away from AKP conservatism and strongman politics. Read More Here
Secure At Home, Xi Steps Back Onto The Global Stage
The Chinese leader met Germany’s Olaf Scholz last week before appearances in Indonesia and Thailand later this month. Read More Here
U.S. Midterm Results Are A Net Plus For National Security
As Trumpism deflates, internationalist Republicans will press the Biden administration on China, defense, and trade. Read More Here
Africa’s Past Is Not Its Future
Today, Africa still exists at the margins of the global order, largely excluded from international institutions and treated as a basket case to be fixed. Read More Here
Misreading Xi And The Rise Of Li
Li Qiang’s appointment shows China is still on a private-led high-tech path and not at all reverting to Maoism Read More Here
How Global Public Opinion of China Has Shifted In The Xi Era
The sense that China’s power and influence on the world stage is growing is both widespread and long-held. As of this year, a median of 66% across 19 countries say that China’s influence in the world has recently been getting stronger. Read More Here
China’s Xi Clinches Third Term, With Loyalists On Standing Committee
China’s Xi Jinping secured a third leadership term and introduced a new Politburo Standing Committee that is stacked with loyalists, cementing his place as the country’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. Read More Here
The Naked Ayotollah
The role of Iran’s Supreme Leader, based on a claim to embody the same infallible, divine authority as the Prophet Muhammad, contradicts centuries of Islamic doctrine. It is a wholly made-up office, and its legitimacy has never been more in doubt. Read More Here
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