Tackling the China Threat With Economic Statecraft
David Wemer, Atl. Council
Decoupling does little to address the fundamental threat posed by China's efforts to rewrite the global rulebook.
David Wemer, Atl. Council
Decoupling does little to address the fundamental threat posed by China's efforts to rewrite the global rulebook.
Adam Lammon, Nat’l Interest
The allegation that Turkey has sent Syrians to fight in the Caucasus region is troubling, but not unbelievable.
Rym Momtaz, Politico EU
On Baltic trip, French president urges Continent to regain strategic independence.
David Gardner, Financial Times
The Turkish president would be mistaken to leap into a brewing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
James Palmer, FP
Advocates of engagement are now downplaying the missionary impulse. That's not what U.S. presidents said at the time.
Derek Burney, National Post
For its part, Canada should urgently consider the negotiation of a partnership in the U.S. anti-ballistic missile system
Seth Frantzman, Spectator
Hunter DeRensis, Resp. Statecraft
The Russian government paying bounties to Taliban militants to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan blasted through the COVID dominated headlines this summer as lawmakers and pundits demanded to know why President Trump wasn’t taking the intelligence seriously.
Ore Koren, The Conversation
Z Darvas, Bruegel
To help finance the post-coronavirus recovery, the European Union is raising large amounts to pass on to its members. But absorption of EU funds is typically slow and some countries might struggle to spend what they can get, even if they will have broad freedom to design spending programmes. The focus should be on worthwhile spending, not just on absorbing EU funds.
Ebtesam Al Ketbi, The National
The agreement between the UAE and Israel is resetting the Middle East's geopolitics across a range of hot-button issues
F. Melandri, Guardian
Italy and Sweden chose very different Covid-19 strategies, but both were accountable and transparent
David Maxwell & Mathew Ha, FDD
Kim Jong Un issued a rare apology to the South Korean government on September 25th after North Korean soldiers killed and then burned the corpse of a South Korean government official, which sparked outrage in Seoul. While Kim’s sudden apology has seemingly defused the Seoul leadership’s initial anger, the...
Arif Rafiq, CPECWire
Advocates of CPEC see it as an economic game changer. Critics say it’s a strategic project with an economic facade. The truth is more complex.
J. Michael Cole, WPR
Recent Chinese military maneuvers were a stark reminder that the Taiwan Strait remains one of the world’s most dangerous flash points. After months of saber-rattling near Taiwan, China’s air force sent dozens of warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Sept. 18 and 19, across the median line in the Taiwan Strait that both sides have long tacitly acknowledged as an unofficial border. Days later, and amid further...