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Rules-Based World Order: a Legacy of the Colonial Hierarchy
Competition and cooperation imply equality but it is U.S. policy to maintain, at all costs, a colonial hierarchy it calls the ‘rules-based order’ in its relationship with China.
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Will Trump Start a New Tariff War Against China?
Editor's Note: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced on his social media platform that he would impose tariffs on...
‘Seizing Power’
The time has now come for the U.S. to put its money where its mouth is and lift the embargo on PV products from Xinjiang. Seizing these products from China will only cease powerful sustainable growth in the U.S.
U.S. Value-based Diplomacy Undermines Its Alliances in the Middle East
It is impossible to forge cooperation and partnership without consensus on threats or shared concerns of threats with regional actors.
Xi-Biden Meeting Helps to Bring China-U.S. Relations Out of the Deep Freeze
There is still much work to be done and some re-thinking needed among the West’s political elites about how to create a stable and peaceful world. While the Xi-Biden meeting proved to break the ice, we still have a way to go before we experience a real thaw in the China-U.S. relationship.
Chinese Netizens Side-Eye Elon Musk’s Work Philosophy
In the 19th century, social justice reformers had a famous rallying cry: ‘eight hours’ labor, eight hours’ recreation, eight hours’ rest.’ In the 21st century, there is no reason to go backwards.
Experts: Xi-Biden Meeting Sends Positive Signal but Hard Nuts Will Need to Be Cracked
The meeting was a positive step, but no indication of real change.
Xi-Biden Meeting Raises Questions over Washington’s China policy
While the atmospherics of the Xi-Biden meeting in Bali are pleasant enough, it remains to be seen what the U.S. side will do in terms of concrete actions to reduce tensions and improve relations.
A Neoliberal Order No More?
The West seems to be regressing to the mercantilist bloc system of the colonial era. This time, however, there is only one bloc, where the former colonial masters have assembled as vassals of a single hegemon, with the rest of the world looking on from the outside.
Conversation on a Green Conversion
If the key players fail to sit down together and talk things over for a peaceful world, it would be a ‘gross betrayal of the next generations to come and none of us would want that on our conscience.’
A Strategic Slip
There are indeed serious deviations in the American policymakers’ understanding of the current international situation, the U.S. status in the world, China-U.S. relations and other major issues.
Why Western Media Misrepresent Key Messages
On the one hand, this is an existential defense mechanism, psychologically speaking. On the other hand, many Americans understand their interests align substantially with American hegemony, and therefore, there is an anti-China alignment.
Cold War Mentality Wreaks Global Havoc
Washington’s Cold War mentality and policy of confrontation, rejection of international law, and rejection of diplomacy wreaks global havoc economically, politically, and militarily.