Tag: CHINA

  • The Neutrality Trap (w/ Isaac Stone Fish)

    Three Questions The era of corporate activism is fading. On most issues, this shift toward political neutrality is welcome, but not when the issue is China. Virtually every major global firm now carries dependencies on both Washington and Beijing, and in a genuine crisis, both governments will move to leverage those dependencies to their own

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  • China and the Iran War (w/ Hani Findakly)

    A lot of commentators have speculated on the geopolitics of the Iran War in terms of the strategic calculus of America and China. In the West, many experts have questioned what kind of signal the war sends in terms of America’s resolve around the world and its ability to sustain a wartime footing. In the

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  • US Grand Strategy and the Madman Theory: From Nixon to Trump

    What happens when a president convinces the world he might just do the unthinkable? In US Grand Strategy and the Madman Theory, James D. Boys argues that projecting calculated irrationality can terrify adversaries into submission, but at enormous risk. From Nixon’s secret Cold War gambits to Trump’s chaotic tweet-driven diplomacy, Boys explores how these two

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  • Should the Arctic Be a Top U.S. Priority?

    The Arctic has become a region of intensifying geopolitical competition, particularly following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Moscow’s efforts to expand its Northern Sea Route as an alternative corridor for Russia’s energy and raw materials exports, and for shipping between Europe and Asia. Many also see the Arctic—including Greenland, as well as continental shelf and

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  • Has World War III Already Started?

    Some experts have noted that World War II began as a series of separate conflicts in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and that it did not become a “world war” until cross-regional linkages among allies and adversaries made it one. This raises many questions about the ongoing Russia-Ukraine and U.S.-Israel-Iran wars, the connections between these

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