In 2003, the SARS virus was one of the first wake-up calls for the pro-globalization crowd in regard to the potential impacts of the erosion of borders vis-a-vis the spread of diseases. Although pandemics were nothing new for the world, […]
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Last week, two developments in the U.S.-China relations demonstrated the intricacy of their ties and signaled the future trajectory of the Great Power rivalry. Following mutual threats of increasing tariffs and sanctions as part of the ongoing trade war, high-level […]
Within the framework of a shift in global economic gravity, Chinese assertiveness and political-military vision regarding East Asia is creating heated debates with U.S. representatives at international summits For a number of years now scholars, researchers and practitioners of international […]
In my previous column, I mentioned how, in three different, but very important, documents on U.S. national security, namely the National Security Strategy (NSS), National Defense Strategy and Worldwide Threat Assessment reports, there is a strong emphasis on the return […]
Although not many people consider an armed confrontation between superpowers to be likely today, nobody is ignoring the increasing tension among them due to significant disputes in different areas. In the last decade, many scholars and observers of superpower politics […]
The G20 summit in Argentina ended with no major breakthrough or a breakdown but that is not good news for the pressing global challenges. From climate change to international terrorism and from civil wars to refugee crises, there are a host […]
2017 was one of the most challenging years for the international system as a whole. Of course the most significant cause of this was the changing dynamics of U.S. foreign policy in regards to international arrangements. For decades the U.S. […]
When U.S. President Donald Trump’s Asia trip started, I had written in this column, “It is one of those visits that can either be very critical and even historic in terms of its outcomes or be nothing of significance. There […]
Looking for an economically well-off partner in the international system, Britain shows itself to be courting China with the warm welcome extended by Queen Elizabeth II and the government to President Xi on his latest trip to the U.K.. James […]
The Russian actions in Syria took place in a period of the transformation of the international system. It is a period of post-unipolarism in which the U.S. no longer sufficient power to shape the politics and economy of the entire […]
Although it prompts various questions, it is quite clear that China’s policy change, in other words its involvement in the Syrian conflict, will do nothing but increase chaos in the region. While there are many unknowns about Russia’s motivation […]
It is really hard to understand what the Chinese government tries to accomplish with its holy wars against various religious practices It is sometimes difficult to find an explanation for the behavior of authoritarian governments. While these regimes try to […]