22 May, 2020
Weaponizing the Virus
“China is “the central threat of our times,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in January 2020. Since then, the...
22 Apr, 2020
Trump is not a wartime president — and COVID-19 is not a war
“Using a war narrative to talk about COVID-19 plays into the hands of white supremacist groups. U.S. officials and the...
9 Apr, 2020
COVID-19 is Manufactured Chaos
“In late December of last year, the Chinese announced an epidemic in Wuhan. The autocratic Chinese government should have made...
19 Aug, 2019
China’s Hong Kong nightmare, and the US response
“Donald Trump has kept his promise, reportedly made to Xi Jinping in June, that Washington would “tone down” its comments…”...
7 Jun, 2019
Where is a “tank man” for 2019?
“On June 4th, 30 years on, I ruminated to myself about the “tank man” from Tiananmen Square… ” Author: Wim...
7 Mar, 2019
Will ethnocide in western china become genocide?
“At this moment, China has as many as one million Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other Muslim minorities held in concentration camps...
5 Feb, 2019
On China, the US Public Stands Apart
“Why isn’t the American public as agitated about China as are the Trump administration, the mainstream media, and even many...
30 Nov, 2018
China Policy: Disappointment Is No Excuse
“I think the writer correctly cites America’s disappointment with China. We can go back three or four administrations and find...
31 Oct, 2018
Is China a “Responsible Great Power”?
“President Xi Jinping would like everyone to pay attention to how China is exerting leadership in world affairs as a...
18 Sep, 2018
On Dealing with China
“Ever since China’s economic reforms began in 1978, the goal of US foreign policy has been to “manage” China’s rise...
15 Jun, 2018
Trump’s Hobbesian trade war
“Now comes the Trump Trade War, his Bellum omnium contra omnes, war of all against all. It is the most...
13 Jun, 2018
No, Not Nixon, Not China
“Big success, no nuclear war! He saved 50 million lives! Thank you, Dear Leader! Like unlikely Nixon opening China, clever...
8 Jun, 2018
The increasing foreign military and economic engagement in Africa
“Between late 19th and early 20th centuries, Africa was apportioned by several European powers— the practice became known as the...
25 May, 2018
In Iran and North Korea, China Holds Some Cards
“Donald Trump made his television reputation by telling people “You’re fired.” The same bullying approach now substitutes for his international...
24 Jan, 2018
Kushner and China: Where Money Talks
“Add Jared Kushner’s all-too-cozy relationship with the Chinese to the long list of Trump administration corruption…” Mel Gurtov Published in:...