There Is Only One Sphere of Influence
Why the United States can project power with little constraint—and its rivals cannot… Read More Here
Tag: power
How Trump’s Foreign Policy Gambits Are Reshaping the World
The sprawl of activity, unmatched by any modern American President, is the Trump Doctrine in action: American power as a lever deployed at will, subject to change at his whim, concentrated not in institutions but in the person of the President. Read More Here
With Great Power Comes Great Insecurity
Why stronger states are more fearful than weaker ones. Read More Here
How China Wins the Future
More about Beijing’s strategy to seize the new frontiers of power. Read Here
New Party rules hint China’s Xi Jinping is delegating more power
New rules on certain Communist Party organs suggest China’s ruling party is aiming to standardise its decision-making process and that President Xi Jinping might be delegating more of his power, according to observers. Read More Here
America: the perils of being No 1
For now, the world must cope with an America whose power exceeds its wisdom in an environment where chaos rules. Read More Here
The Myth of Social Media and Populism
Why the moral panic is misplaced. Read More Here
Chinese Politics since Hu Jintao and the Origin of Xi Jinping’s Strongman Rule: A New Hypothesis
What is the origin of Xi Jinping’s strongman rule? A “victorious Xi” thesis argues that Xi simply won his fight to gain power. But this raises the question of where Xi found the political support to do so. Read More Here
Innovation Power
Why technology will define the future of geopolitics…Read More Here
A Chinese Drought Would Be A Global Catastrophe
A water catastrophe in China will not only hit domestic agriculture and hydropower production but would also create global shortages of food, goods and industrial materials. Read More Here
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