Peak China may pose peak danger
“When bad folks have problems, they do bad things.” So said Joe Biden in August when speaking about how China was a “ticking time...
In risky hunt for secrets, U.S and China expand global spy operations
WASHINGTON – As China’s spy balloon drifted across the continental United States in February, U.S. intelligence agencies learned that Chinese President Xi Jinping had...
Europe’s Quagmire: The Prospect of a Long and Costly War
As time passes and Russia consolidates its defense positions in the territories of Ukraine that it occupies, the prospects of a swift victory are...
ASEAN Seek to Ease US-China Tensions on Their Own Terms
“Antony Blinken, effectively, threw Taiwan under the bus,” lamented Rebekah Koffler, a former US defence intelligence officer, shortly after the US secretary of state’s...
US and China hold top-level talks, but their rivalry remains unchecked
The United States and China may be back to talking at a high level, but their battle for global power and influence remains unchecked...
Global South Forging a New Foreign Policy
What does the Ukraine war have to do with Brazil? On the face of it, perhaps not much. Yet in his first six months...
Poll: Most Europeans Support Neutrality in US-China Conflict
A plurality of respondents also say that Beijing is a ‘necessary partner;’ not a ‘rival’ or an ‘adversary.’ A plurality of people in European...
Future of Geopolitics Will Be Decided by 6 Swing States
The world is witnessing a new era of great power competition between the United States and China, with Russia playing a spoiler role. The...
The Persistence of Great-Power Politics
At the Munich Security Conference in February 2022, mere days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s newly minted foreign minister, argued...
The Year 2023: A Feast of Common Misfortune
It doesn’t take one to be a Nostradamus to predict the general trends in international affairs for 2023 with certainty. This year will be...