A Global Reconfiguration of the World Order
Growing tensions between the U.S. and Europe may lead to a change in the configuration of the China-U.S.-Europe triangle.
Mar 10, 2025
Trade-Offs and Trade-Ups
The U.S. hopes that nativism can restore its industrial dominance, while China relies on hyper-globalization to avoid the mistakes in its history.
Feb 19, 2025
Will Trump Play a Constructive Role in Regional Peace?
The present quagmires in the Middle East and in Europe were avoidable and should not have happened.
Dec 25, 2024
A Trade War With No Winners
Trump’s threat of additional tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada is a continuation of protectionist policies that benefit no one.
Dec 13, 2024
High Tariffs Benefit Nobody
Over the coming four years, Trump’s tariff-driven agenda will likely remain a destabilizing force to globalization, undermining existing trade systems and reshaping the international economic landscape.
Dec 9, 2024
U.S. Should Take Credit Downgrade as a Warning
Having a rating of AA+ is not a crisis. But the negative trend is concerning.
Aug 14, 2023
Midterm Elections: Nothing Can Be Changed
It should not be surprising that the midterm results are, at best, indecisive because they reflect the status of an increasingly divided and broken American political framework marred by partisan conflict.
Nov 14, 2022
The End of an Era?
The U.S. political system is the result of the meticulous efforts of countless participants for more than 240 years, but it may very well take just one generation to cause its downfall.
Aug 23, 2022
Xi-Biden Meeting Is a Gesture of Mutual Goodwill, but What Comes Next?
The meeting between the two leaders, rationally speaking, is more a gesture of mutual goodwill to improve their relations rather than anything else.
Nov 17, 2021
What Signals Does China’s First White Paper on Nuclear Safety Send?
The US unilateralism and bullying behavior has undoubtedly led to the rise of nuclear proliferation and nuclear safety risks.
Sep 11, 2019
Growing China Bias Makes the Truth Hard to Find
Cybertheft accusations against China would be a convenient means of pressuring these companies to adhere to the Administration’s attempt to undercut Chinese tech companies.
Oct 12, 2018
Global Governance: A Necessity for Our Times
Cooperation or multilateralism is a necessary pre-condition to making progress on the world’s problems.
Oct 8, 2018