What we are witnessing in Xinjiang is a new form of ethnic cleansing that draws from all of these mass atrocities of the past while benefiting from the technologies of control available in the 21st century. Over the last two years, there has been a...
Despite breaking the agreement with Moscow, Washington’s withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is most likely a measure specifically aimed at Beijing. US President Donald Trump’s recent intention to withdraw from the...
On everything from climate to trade to the international order itself, the failure of the White House’s powers of persuasion were on full display at the G20. “Get me outta here.” At the recent G20 meeting in Argentina, Donald Trump was on the...
The melting ice in the Arctic is opening a new sea route and enabling exploitation of rich resources in the region, triggering a new Cold War. At the 11th Polar Law Symposium held in Tromso, Norway, the Norwegian Research Council stressed that the...
Jack Ma embodies two equally mysterious worlds that many believe to be incompatible: capitalism and communism. Capitalist or communist, in Jack Ma’s case he’s now officially both. Bloomberg informs us that “Jack Ma, co-founder of China’s...
