U.S.-China Rapprochement Will Not Come Quickly
Beijing and Washington continue to pursue policies that appear aimed more at competition and confrontation than at pursuing avenues for cooperation. Read More Here
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Japan’s Shift To War Footing
Throughout the Cold War, the United States and Japan focused on the threat from the Soviet Union, but with tensions increasing around Taiwan, Tokyo has turned to its south, adopting principles that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushed for before his death. Read More Here
America’s Allies: Free Riding No More?
Pressing NATO members to increase their defense budgets and their military and economic contributions to the alliance has become a ritual of sorts in Washington. But the world is changing. Read More Here
America’s Strategy Of Failure Comes To Ukraine
US mission creep in Ukraine follows in the fatal footsteps of ultimately failed war campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. Read More Here
The United States Needs An Ambassador In India ASAP
Washington risks both practical inefficiency and political misunderstandings by not having an ambassador in India. Read More Here
China’s Brute Force Economics: Waking Up from the Dream of a Level Playing Field
China’s tactics are not merely an assortment of cutthroat moves made by individual actors. Rather, they are features of Beijing’s long-term strategy and are backed up by the full force of the country’s party-state system, creating a challenge that Washington cannot afford to ignore. Read More Here
The US and China After Zero-COVID
China’s decision to ease its severe pandemic restrictions, and its subsequent struggle to contain the surge of COVID-19 cases, is expected to dominate news headlines in the near future. But de-escalating US-China tensions and fostering multilateral cooperation are also crucial to solving this century’s most pressing challenges. Read More Here
China GDP To Surpass US Around 2035, Goldman Sachs Predicts
World’s second-largest economy is expected to have ‘significantly higher’ GDP growth potential than the United States in the coming years, but demographic factors such as its rapidly ageing population could keep China’s potential growth rate below that of its Asian peers such as India and the Philippines. Read More Here
The Middle East In A Multipolar Era
Why America’s Allies Are Flirting With Russia and China. Read More Here
Biden’s Big Africa Summit Carefully Sidesteps China
In a U-turn from the Trump administration, Team Biden wants to court African nations without talking about Beijing. Read More Here
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