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Waiting for Thermidor: America’s Foreign Policy Towards Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran may be on an accelerated schedule for revolutionary decay, at least if compared to the USSR.
Op-eds
Xi’s Great Leap Backward
Beijing is running out of recipes for its looming jobs crisis—and reviving Mao-era policies.
Op-eds
China’s Crisis of Confidence
What if, instead of being a competitor, China can no longer afford to compete at all?
Op-eds
Meet the Turkish Oligarch Who’s Pushing Kremlin Talking Points
Ethem Sancak helps Erdogan straddle the NATO and Russia positions in the Ukraine war.
Op-eds
Biden’s China Policy Could Benefit From Reflecting on Nixon’s Historic Beijing Visit
Nixon’s trip to China 50 years ago is known as “the week that changed the world.” If Biden wants to improve his political fortunes he would do well to learn from it.
Op-eds
Xi Jinping Is Watching His Back
His rhetoric has taken a paranoid turn—and holing himself up in Beijing hasn’t helped.
Op-eds
Don’t Let China Weaponize the 2022 Winter Olympics
While a full boycott would unfairly punish American athletes, there are other measures Washington should take.
Op-eds
Decoding the CCP: BRI means Bribery and Repression Initiative
If we let the CCP get into our heads and shape our language, we are letting it shape our thoughts, which shape our actions.
Op-eds
Xi Takes a Page From Mao’s Red Playbook
Like Mao’s consolidation of power, in the coming year Xi will also further intertwine foreign and domestic crises, even at the risk of potentially serious flair ups with Washington over Taiwan.
Op-eds
The Chinese Communist Party’s New Loyalty Push Exposes Xi’s Insecurities
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) last week issued a new set of guidelines regarding its ideological and political work, one that targets not only CCP members but “all of [Chinese] society.” The announcement,...
Policy Briefs
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early July
Policy Tracker
Defusing Military-Civil Fusion
The Need to Identify and Respond to Chinese Military Companies
Monographs
There Is No Going Back: Xi’s Vision at China’s National People’s Congress
In preparation for the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) founding in July, Chinese President Xi Jinping used this month’s National People’s Congress (NPC) to cement his...
Insights
Democracies still don’t understand CCP’s political warfare: Kerry Gershaneck
‘Both India and the US have pro-China factions, for reasons ranging from simple greed to leftist, pro-totalitarian ideology. Consequently, it has been difficult to develop a national consensus to fight...
Op-eds
In U.S. backyard: How China embedded itself in Canada
Since the 1970s, there have been important political and economic pro-China vectors emanating out of Montreal and Ottawa. Since then, that have broadened to influential pro-Beijing groups across Canada. Canada...
Op-eds
China’s Military Aims
Beijing’s new world order
For countless centuries, tribes have fought and conquered other tribes, nations have fought and conquered other nations, empires have fought and conquered other empires. After World War II, a different...
Op-eds
Was Nixon Wrong About China?
It might be time to question the conventional wisdom.
Op-eds
Pivoting Toward China
In 1972, Nixon went to China, where he met with Communist leader Mao Zedong. Thanks to that bold diplomatic initiative, the United States and the People’s Republic learned to peacefully co-exist, living...