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August 10, 2023
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Win McCormack
The Chinese Kaleidoscope
Where is China actually headed?
June 23, 2023
Magazine
Win McCormack
Black Cat or White Cat
Which will catch the most mice?
June 19, 2023
Tori Otten
Can U.S.-China Relations Be Fixed?
A surprise meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Xi Jinping suggests the two countries are trying to fix a broken relationship.
June 15, 2023
The Soapbox
Jake Werner
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Sam Fraser
Antony Blinken, Make Peace With China
If we’re to avoid a globally catastrophic conflict, the mutual distrust between the countries needs to end—starting this weekend.
March 17, 2023
Magazine
Win McCormack
The Thucydides Trap
Can the United States and China avoid military conflict?
February 8, 2023
The Soapbox
Michael A. Cohen
Know Who the Balloon Incident Is Really Embarrassing For? China.
No, the incident does not reveal that the United States is in decline. It shows China’s incompetence, poor planning, and poor coordination.
March 18, 2022
The Soapbox
Michael A. Cohen
If Xi Wants Out of His Putin Bromance, He Sure Isn’t Acting Like It
Biden spent nearly two hours trying to convince the Chinese leader to ditch Russia. But China is pretty dug in.
January 10, 2022
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Jordan Michael Smith
If America Doesn’t Protect Ukraine, Then America Will ... Die?
That’s what some foreign policy pundits would have us believe, as Biden and Putin spar over Russia’s mounting threats to its neighbor.
April 29, 2021
The Soapbox
Walter Shapiro
Joe Biden’s Bold Defense of American Democracy
In his first joint address to Congress, the president spoke out against the forces that threaten democratic values. That may be what defines his legacy.
August 17, 2020
Magazine
Walter Shapiro
Joe Biden’s Great Reclamation Project
The veteran politician weighs how best to launch a presidency amid unprecedented crises.
July 7, 2020
The Soapbox
Casey Michel
The Left’s Deafening Silence on China’s Ethnic Cleansing
Anti-imperialist leftists can’t afford to cede this issue to centrist Democrats and the Trumpist right.
June 18, 2020
The Soapbox
Matt Ford
John Bolton: American Coward
In a conflict between charmless monsters, the former national security adviser belatedly draws down on President Trump.
April 9, 2020
Apocalypse Soon
Daniel K. Gardner
The Planet Can’t Afford a Coronavirus Feud
The United States and China, despite current tensions, have to work together on fighting global warming. It’s the only way.
April 2, 2020
Magazine
Laurie Garrett
Grim Reapers
How Trump and Xi set the stage for the coronavirus pandemic
March 26, 2020
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
An Emergency Decades in the Making
Was the United States ever prepared for a pandemic?
August 27, 2019
Benjamin Studebaker
The Real Stakes of Trump’s Trade War With China
As the media obsesses over each round of tariffs, they're missing a much bigger story about the future of the global economy.
May 7, 2019
Sam Bresnick
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Lucas Tcheyan
The Unintended Consequences of Trump’s Trade War
Forcing Beijing into economic reform could help it overtake the U.S. in the long run.
April 24, 2019
Heather Souvaine Horn
The Foolhardy Quest to Define a “Trump Doctrine”
A pro-Trump intellectual's attempt to ascribe a method to the president's madness shows just how hopeless that is.
March 26, 2019
Sam Bresnick
How China Is Outmaneuvering Trump on Trade
President Xi Jinping's visit to Europe has been a triumphant tour, resulting in major bilateral deals.
January 22, 2019
Robert Foyle Hunwick
Trump and Xi: A Tale of Two Egos
The leaders facing off in the U.S.-China trade war are obsessed with prestige.
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