In an important and timely essay in Foreign Affairs, the Naval War College’s Andrew Erickson, Gabriel Collins of Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Matt Pottinger, who served as President Trump’s Deputy National Security Adviser, invoke General Douglas…
The Coca-Cola Company, the quintessential American multinational that is the world’s largest non-alcoholic beverages enterprise, is in the process of addressing the most consequential force majeure political risk it faces for the remainder of this century: China—U.S. geostrategic tension that…
China offers a cautionary lesson on what happens when an elite exclusively rules. The Celestial Empire has come crashing down to earth: the latest sign being a $6 trillion stock loss over the last three years. The world’s largest country,…
Argentine President Milei’s recent address at the Davos Economic Forum sent shockwaves worldwide, particularly among developed nations. He vehemently criticized socialism and collectivism, asserting that these attractive ideals often mislead people, providing a pretext for ultra-left politicians to seize power…
The United States Naval Institute’s (USNI) web page reports that China has for the first time appointed an admiral as its defense minister. Adm. Dong Jun, who previously served as commander and deputy commander of the PLA Navy (PLAN), replaces…
The year 2023 is now over, marking the first year after China ended its Covid lockdown. However, the Chinese economy did not experience the robust recovery predicted by many at the beginning of the year for the post-pandemic era; instead,…
How do you rein in a belligerent colossus with 1.4 billion people, nuclear weapons, and a desire to command and control the world’s economic order that has prevailed since the end of World War II? Well, there is a way;…
What is the real purpose of the Biden administration’s excessive rapprochement and even flattery of China, including the most recent controversial Xi–Biden meetings in San Francisco? The answer, found in the U.S. government’s statements, is to keep channels open between the two sides…
Niall Ferguson is one of the Western world’s most prolific historians, and his recent opinion piece in Bloomberg marries history with current geopolitical insight. He describes the recent meeting in California between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping as a…
Why does Biden continue to call Xi Jinping a dictator? I raise this question because the label of “dictator” does not fully express, and even hides to some extent, the inherent brutality of Xi Jinping. Therefore, although Biden’s calling Xi…