Africa has long been a continent of vast natural wealth, yet today, it is at the center of an economic power struggle that could reshape the global financial order for decades. China and Russia have systematically embedded themselves into Africa’s…
Yale history professor and author of The Global Cold War Odd Arne Westad, writing in Foreign Affairs, sees dangerous similarities between the British-German geopolitical rivalry before the First World War and today’s geopolitical rivalry between the United States and China….
Writing in the Diplomat, R. Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College professor of Latin America research, warns about “China’s Growing Strategic Position in Nicaragua.” The Nicaraguan regime headed by Daniel Ortega is expanding trade with China and inviting more Chinese…
It was just another day on the Ukrainian front. Russian shells rained down on Nikopol, the U.S. announced its determination that Russian President Vladimir Putin wasn’t planning on launching nuclear weapons for at least the foreseeable future, and CNN dutifully…
The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy from the Mediterranean to China Roger D. Kaplan (Random House, 400 pages, $23.23) In his new book The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy from the Mediterranean to China, Robert Kaplan…
With annual inflation at only 3 percent in June, and second quarter GDP growing at 2.4 percent, it looks like a return to normalcy. With the S&P Index up over 19 percent year to date, and the NASDAQ Composite Index…
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men, recently met with China’s President Xi Jinping at Beijing’s Diaoyutai state guesthouse. Xi greeted Gates as “an old friend of ours” and said that he welcomed Microsoft…
Honduras opened a new embassy in China this week. The move was a response to the opening of a Chinese embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras’ capital, reports the South China Morning Post. Predicated upon Honduras removing its recognition of Taiwan, these…
The headlines are flush with China’s moves on the global chessboard. China brokered an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran in which the Middle East rivals restored diplomatic relations after a seven-year rift, causing observers to suggest that China is…
