1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

December 21, 2023 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

The Mullahs and the Dragon

Tehran and Beijing, in a dangerous alliance

August 4, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

Xi’s Great Leap Backward

Beijing is running out of recipes for its looming jobs crisis—and reviving Mao-era policies.

February 11, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Xi Jinping’s Rise Is No Historical Accident

How 'The Longer Telegram' misunderstands the Chinese Communist Party's quest for power.

October 7, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

McMaster and commander in chief

The former national security advisor on the urgent need for “strategic competence”

December 2, 2018 | John Hannah

Once Upon a Time, U.S. Foreign Policy Worked

George H.W. Bush's administration was evidence of what the establishment was capable of.

June 8, 2015 |

Tiananmen and China’s Long March

In the 66 years since Mao Tse-tung founded the People’s Republic of China, there has been just one brief spell in which the people of China escaped the chains of their rulers, enough to spe...

October 3, 2014 |

Democracy in China?

Should it matter to the rest of us that Hong Kong has erupted this past week with demonstrations for democracy? China’s rulers say this is an internal matter. Western leaders, while express...

January 30, 2014 | |

Pivoting Right Past North Korea

President Obama in his State of the Union address on Tuesday gave scant time to foreign policy, and just one long sentence to the Asia-Pac...

April 6, 2011 |

The China Conundrum

How significant that the architect of the original U.S. overture to China now feels compelled to write a primer on averting war with his own creation. Henry Kissinger's essay, "Avoiding a U....

November 2, 2010 | Claudia Rosett Pajamas Media

Time for a Tea Party at Turtle Bay

Foreign policy was a side issue in Tuesday’s election. But with crises in the making, from Venezuela to Iran, and points between and beyond, the wider world will be muscling its way into th...

November 2, 2009 |

How The Wall Fell

When the Berlin Wall came down 20 years ago, it did not fall from sheer wear and tear of tyranny. People actively chose to destroy it. They tore down that iconic wall not only with pickaxes, hamm...

March 16, 2009 |

The Administration Kowtows

Are the Chinese people alone now?

June 28, 2005 | Wall Street Journal (Opinion Journal and European Edition) |

Turtle Bay Tea Party

Foreign policy was a side issue in Tuesday’s election. But with crises in the making, from Venezuela to Iran, and points between and beyond, the wider world will be muscling its way into th...

December 14, 2004 | Wall Street Journal (Opinion Journal and European Edition) |

‘Never Say Never’; The Ukrainian Revolution and the Renaissance of Democracy

Orange, rose, yellow. These are the colors not just of sunrise, but of a few of the many "people power" revolutions that over the past generation have been by increments changing the world. Yello...