Kishore Mahbubani is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore. This essay contains excerpts from his latest book Has China Won? (2020). You may follow him on Twitter @mahbubani_k. Is the United States of America still a functioning democracy or has it become, for all […]
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China in Balkans from the EU Perspective
In the early 2000s, China started to take an active role around the world. On the other hand, we see that it started to be active in the Balkans after Xi Jinping’s examination of the Belt Road Project, which extends from Asia to the Balkans, was announced in 2013. […]
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Statement of European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Josep Borrell: The Old Empires Are Coming Back
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell Frontelles made a speech at the European Parliament on 15 September. The EU’s Foreign affairs chief, Mr.Borrell made a statement concerning the Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey’s foreign relations at the meeting of the European Parliament. In […]
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China and the World Economy
The People’s Republic of China is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia ruled by the Communist Party of China with a one-party regime. It is the world’s most populous country with approximately 1,400 billion and the second-largest country in terms of land area with 9.6 million km2. When we […]
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"Enrich the Country, Strengthen the Armed Forces’’
In his article, ‘’Enrich the Country, Strengthen the Armed Forces’’ 1, Hasan Kösebalaban opens up the discussion of Shinzo Abe’s legacy by mentioning his grandfather, Kishi who came to power by the support of the USA in order to counter the Yoshida’s doctrine; anti-military stance while building the economy. He […]
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Russia and the Conflict Between China and the United States
For Russia, the question now is not how it will deal with China in the future, but how threatening Beijing’s confrontation with the United States is for its survival right now. If Russia assesses its neighbour’s confrontation with the United States as a systemic one, the task of breaking this […]
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Avoiding a new Cold War between the US and China
By Jeffrey A. Bader With the November presidential election looming, many China watchers are focused on what the outcome could mean for relations between Washington and Beijing. That question is no doubt a crucial one. At the same time, many trends in that all-important relationship are of course longer-term than […]
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How Hegemony Ends
Multiple signs point to a crisis in global order. The uncoordinated international response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the resulting economic downturns, the resurgence of nationalist politics, and the hardening of state borders all seem to herald the emergence of a less cooperative and more fragile international system. According to many […]
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The Next Liberal Order
The Age of Contagion Demands More Internationalism, Not Less Source: www.foreignaffairs.com By G. John Ikenberry When future historians think of the moment that marked the end of the liberal world order, they may point to the spring of 2020—the moment when the United States and its allies, facing the gravest public […]
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Three Kinds of Power
By KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON What the U.S. can — and can’t — actually do about China. Donald Trump on the campaign trail was a big man when it came to China. Beijing, he promised, would quickly be brought to heel under a Trump administration. Trump failed to accomplish his China […]
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China Versus the World
An Emboldened Beijing Seeks to Consolidate Its Power Beijing is ruthlessly expanding its power. But resistance is growing around the world — and Germany will soon play a key role. By Georg Fahrion, Christiane Hoffmann, Laura Höflinger, Peter Müller, Jörg Schindler und Bernhard Zand The Galwan Valley in the Himalayas […]
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To counter China’s rise, US still needs its Gulf allies
Gulf Arab states constitute a key part of the US quest to counter China’s military and economic footprint By HASAN ALHASAN JUNE 16, 2020 Today, American strategists see Great Power competition with China, rather than countering terrorism, as their country’s primary security concern. Because of this, some suggest that Arab Gulf states […]
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For the U.S. and China, Thucydides’ trap is closing
Intertwined domestic crises are adding pressure for Trump and Xi to seek out confrontation BY KEVIN BROWN JUN 16, 2020 LONDON – Long before Donald Trump, with his “America first” foreign policy agenda, took office as U.S. president, relations between Washington and Beijing were in a state of gradual decline. […]
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Sino-US ties at a crossroads
THE confrontation instigated by the United States with China continues to intensify. The pandemic has escalated tensions between them that were already at a record high before the Covid outbreak. This fraught situation has variously been described as a new Cold War, end of the post-1979 era, a geopolitical turning […]
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Welcome Back to Kissinger’s World
BY MICHAEL HIRSH Neoconservatism has died, and liberal internationalism is discredited. Perhaps it’s time to return to the ideas of one of the last century’s greatest realists. You can hate Henry Kissinger and think him evil. What you can’t do is ignore him—especially now. So argues Barry Gewen in his incisive […]