Новости за 19.01.2021

Michael Green & Bonnie Glaser, CSIS

We have spent the better parts of our careers working to strengthen U.S. support for Taiwan based on the firm conviction that Taiwan's democracy is a treasured development for the United States; that Taiwan's security is critical for the First Island Chain, Japan, and the broader Asia-Pacific; and that U.S. economic integration with Taiwan will strengthen our technological competitiveness vis-à-vis China. However, we were skeptical why Secretary of... Читать дальше...

Tharwa Boulifi, African Arguments

Ten years on, many hopes have been crushed. But there is a new generation of Tunisians raised on the values of the revolution.

Ali Hashem, Center for Global Policy

A year after Iran's most renowned general was assassinated in a U.S. drone strike, Tehran is still struggling to recover from the loss. While Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani left behind an entire bureaucracy called the Quds Force - the overseas operations arm of the country's elite military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - his death has left a vacuum that is hampering the regime's ability to manage the network of relations that enables... Читать дальше...

Andrew Michta, National Review

America is at an inflection point. The next few years will determine if its hegemony fades or flourishes anew.

Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs

How America's Political Decay Accelerated During the Trump Era

Jinghan Zeng with Ben Horton, Chatham House

Since 2017 China has pursued an ambitious national strategy to develop artificial intelligence-driven governance tools. Progress has been swift but there remain deeper questions about how AI might change Chinese society.

Zhang Chao & Tang Yuxuan, The Diplomat

The official document casts light on how China's aid program has grown and evolved since 2014.

Felix Light, New Statesman

The country's beleaguered opposition is braced for more state repression ahead of the legislative election.

Ben Hall, Financial Times

Arrest of opposition activist has only elevated his status as a symbol of repression

Economist

M. Galeotti, Moscow Times
Opinion | The continued presentation of a Russian threat that is both outsized and out of control is profoundly problematic for the West itself.