As the dominant superpower since the end of World War II, the United States has played a core role in crafting the geopolitical status quo in Asia. US state-building operations...
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Golden Oldie
Understanding China’s financial market chaos
Originally published August 2021. Virtually the entire Chinese economy, especially sectors with heavy investment inflows, such as technology, social media and private education,...
The Professor
What can we lose to China by isolating Afghanistan?
In July, CNN reported that the Chinese hosted a formal Taliban envoy in Tianjin, demonstrating the CCP’s intentions to pursue greater engagement with the region on its western...
Golden Oldie
A warning from two hedge fund managers: rigged to fail
Originally published 30 September 2020. Matthew Piepenburg and Thomas Lott, two hedge fund managers with Ivy League pedigrees, have issued a stark warning in their latest book...
The Historian
Remembering the Tiananmen Square Massacre
On 4 June 1989, an estimated one million peaceful protestors in China were met with machine gun fire and tank columns in what would be known forever as the Tiananmen Square...
The Analyst
Competing With China Shouldn’t Entail Becoming More Like China
President Joe Biden delivered a speech to a Joint Session of Congress on 28 April 2021, where he made the following remark that should be seen as a red flag: “America is moving –...