A planned trip to the independent and separate country of Taiwan by America’s least-favorite octogenarian, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is sparking fears that China will take retaliatory measures, such as closing the Taiwan Strait. President Joe Biden said that the…
“Tiananmen Square, 33 Years Later,” editorial cartoon by Shaomin Li for The American Spectator, June 7, 2022.
China is both a land and sea power, which makes containing it harder than it was to contain the largely landlocked Soviet Union. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) stretches across the Eurasian landmass into Central Asia and Europe, while…
This October saw the Covid-delayed staging of one of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions, the 18th Chopin Competition, originally to have been held in February and March of 2020. It honors anew Poland’s national composer, the nonpareil composer of…
Writing in the January/February 2022 issue of Foreign Affairs, the Hoover Institution’s Elizabeth Economy explores Chinese President Xi Jinping’s efforts to shape the international order by “fundamentally transforming the global system” to reflect Beijing’s interests and values. The leader of…
By many measures, South Korea should be a nation on the rise. South Korea is the world’s 10th largest economy (and the fourth largest in Asia); its goods and cultural exports span the earth. From leading automotive brands to cell…
President Joe Biden has finished making the rounds of Europe, with the objective of convincing the Europeans that we still love them. Like many a jilted beau, they took “the Trump experience” hard. The former president almost brought them to…
Xi Jinping’s kick-off appearance at the winter Davos week this Monday had a simple message for newly inaugurated President Joe Biden: bring America back into the fold, or suffer the consequences. The speech, which opened and closed with World Economic…
Contrary to popular opinion, the United States has long been a Pacific potentate. Ever since the 19th century, when American settlers journeyed from their East Coast enclaves and into the great American West, the United States was destined to become…
When President Trump made his first overseas trip in May, I wondered how he would top it. After all, he started in Saudi Arabia — home of Mecca — made the first direct flight ever from Riyadh to Israel, and…
