Belt and Road

The faith in autocratic ascendance and democratic decline is contrary to historical fact. April 3, 2020 Professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP / GETTYNational-security analysts see China as one of the greatest threats facing the United States and its allies. According to an…

Charles A. Kupchan is Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served in the Obama administration as Special Assistant to the President on the National Security Council from 2014-2017 and is the author of the forthcoming book "Isolationism: A History…

Singapore Officials monitor thermal scanners as passengers walk past upon arrival of a flight from Hangzhou, China at Changi Airport, Singapore Jan 22, 2020. (Photo: REUTERS/Yiming Woo) 01 Apr 2020 11:40PM(Updated: 01 Apr 2020 11:49PM) SINGAPORE: Singapore and China expressed concern over the COVID-19 pandemic and agreed to strengthen bilateral,…

By Clare BaldwinSIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (Reuters) - When casino owner Kang Qiang looks out the window of his 20th floor office in this city on the remote Cambodian coast, he sees construction cranes sitting idle.The Chinese-funded gambling enclave of Sihanoukville has suffered a double blow. Travel restrictions imposed in recent weeks…

— By Ahmad Rizky M. Umar, Universitas Gadjah Mada Studies say that development depends a lot on government capacity. However, it is not only government planning that influences the direction of a country’s development plans. Regional geopolitics is often also an influence. We are seeing a shift in political and…

China’s government-run Global Times concluded on Friday that President Donald Trump’s description of a conversation with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping as “very good” proved that the American healthcare system needed “urgent” Chinese aid. Trump spoke to Xi on the phone late Thursday about the growing Chinese coronavirus pandemic, which experts agree…

When it comes to the global coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is acting as both the arsonist and the firefighter.The first response of China’s authoritarian government was intimidation. The CCP actively suppressed knowledge of the virus’s existence in Wuhan by silencing physicians and prohibiting medical professionals from publishing…

When the going gets tough, the tough get going Our future as a species will be determined by five transformative forces: the Five Fates Graphic by Dez Cesarini What has been most telling about the Covid-19 pandemic is the undeniable evidence that America is no longer the clear leader in…

Summary The growth of the digital economy in the Middle East and North Africa could become one of the key solutions to the region’s youth unemployment crisis. Governments in the region have taken steps to create an environment in which technology startups can thrive. However, they need to overcome challenges…

For quite some time, China has been trying to undercut the foundation of American global power. Unlike Moscow’s often coarse, brutish efforts, Beijing has been stealthier than an F-35, using public diplomacy initiatives to subtly buy its way into schools, civil society, and the private sector. Now, however, the mask–and the gloves–are coming…