China’s Reach for More Economic Stimulus Amounts to a Confession of Failure
Commentary Beijing has admitted failure, even if it refuses to use the word. This is actually the second such confession in the past six months. The first one came earlier…
An Opportunity From Russia: The Wagner Rebellion
Commentary The Wagner Group, an international Russian paramilitary organization led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, mutinied on June 23–24. Wagner fighters reportedly occupied two military bases, including in the southern Russian city…
Growing China-Middle East Economic Ties Cannot be Ignored
Commentary The fireworks were flying during the recent China and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Riyadh. Several high profile business deals were announced between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
The Rise of India
Commentary Despite a number of structural disadvantages, India will likely rival China in terms of global power. This year, India hosted the G-20 conference, which Indian leaders see as recognition…
Decoupling From China’s Aircraft Industry
Commentary “Decoupling” is the new buzzword these days when it comes to sanctioning communist China for its bad behavior. The argument behind it is that the West should no longer…
Putin’s Desperation and Russia’s Disintegration
Commentary Vladimir Putin is desperate, which is good and bad. The bad—the really bad—is that cornered animals tend to lash out. In Putin’s case, that could include the use of…
It’s Time to End Permanent Normal Trade Relations With China
Commentary Decoupling. Derisking. Strategic competition. Call it what you will, but politics, public policy, and many private sector actors have shifted decisively away from deepening economic engagement with China. We’ve…
China Is Still What It Used to Be
Commentary The recent China data often shocked the market, foreigners, and local analysts. Sometimes it was a fight between the official and private data sources like PMI; sometimes, it was…
Taiwan Today Is Eerily Similar to the Sudetenland in 1938
Commentary Over the past several years, the People’s Liberation Army Navy has been saber-rattling in the Taiwan Strait, East China Sea, and South China Sea. Chinese warships were conducting “intensive…
China’s Xi Is Not Getting What He Wants
Commentary China featured large in a recent article carried by the prestigious The Atlantic magazine. In those pages, China experts from the American Enterprise Institute, Dan Blumenthal and Derek Scissors,…