China

A Pandemic of Deglobalization?

2020-03-03

At this stage, there is no telling how bad the COVID-19 epidemic will become before the contagion subsides or an effective, widely available vaccine is rolled out.

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Will China Confront a Revolution of Rising Expectations?

2019-11-25

Amid much discussion of the challenges facing the Chinese economy, the line-up of usual suspects typically excludes the most worrying scenario of all

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The Open Secret of Development Economics

2019-10-30

To many in China, this years Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences seems to have shone a spotlight on one area of development economics at the expense of another. While randomized controlled trials might be useful for creating or improving welfare pro

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For Uighur Muslims in China, Life Keeps Getting Harder

2019-10-28

Concentration camps, surveillance, and spies keep the community under tight control.

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Locking China Out of the Dollar System

2019-10-23

By broadening the nexus between economic interest and national security, Trump is encouraging the decoupling of the worlds two largest economies and the emergence of a bipolar world order led by rival hegemons.

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Iraq, China launch oil for reconstruction agreement

2019-10-14

Baghdad has forged a 20-year deal to supply Beijing with oil in exchange for Chinese investments in projects to repair Iraqs war-damaged infrastructure.

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Is the 21st Century the Chinese Century – or not?

2019-09-16

It has become common for people to refer to the 21st Century as the Chinese Century, much as many called the 20th Century as the American Century.

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Two Systems, One World

2019-09-05

Like the twentieth-century Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the new rivalry between China and the West is a contest between fundamentally incompatible political systems.

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Muslim Causes Versus National Interest: Muslim Nations Make Risky Bets

2019-08-19

Saudi attitudes towards the plight of thousands of illegal Rohingya in the kingdom fleeing persecution in Myanmar and squalid Bangladeshi refugee camps help explain Saudi support

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America’s Superpower Panic

2019-08-15

History suggests that a global superpower in relative decline should aim for a soft landing, so that it still has a comfortable place in the world once its dominance fades. By contrast, US President Donald Trumps incoherent, confrontational approach towar

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China Threatens American Defense with Rare Earth Embargo

2019-06-17

Throughout history certain metals have been critical for defense. During the Greek era, it was bronze. During the Roman Empire, it was iron. In the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, it was copper.

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Google Huawei Ban: Will Users of Chinese Phones Lose Access to Gmail, Youtube and Chrome Apps?

2019-05-21

smartphones manufactured by the Chinese company will lose access to Googles Android operating system, when the U.S. tech giant launches the next version of the software later this year.

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Problem-Plagued Pakistan Faces Incredible Challenges Beyond Its Rivalry with India

2019-03-11

Pakistan fears two things more than war with India: pressure from Washington and indifference from Beijing...

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Israel’s Dangerous Dalliance With China

2019-02-04

National security adviser John Bolton traveled to Israel this month to reassure jittery officials in Jerusalem that the Trump administration

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South China Sea Issue is Heating Up

2018-06-10

The United States and China disagree on ownership of the South China Sea region

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The battle for the Iranian nuclear deal: China approaches a watershed

2018-05-24

Fault lines in the Middle East have hardened because of Israel, Saudi and United Arab Emirates assertiveness, emboldened by both a US administration that is more partisan in its Middle East policy

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Chinese Agent Decimates CIA’s Chinese Network

2018-01-22

Many of the informants were killed in a systematic dismantling of the CIA’s spy network in China

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All the U.S. President's Flip-Flops

2017-04-14

The simplest explanation for Donald Trump’s new positions on everything from Syria to interest rates? Ignorance.

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Trump’s Imaginary Enemy

2017-03-19

Donald Trump’s administration is posturing for a stricter approach to China

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