Oxi Courage Awards honor international freedom fighters
Two prominent advocates of freedom and human rights were honored on Thursday at the 8th annual Oxi Day Courage Awards, held at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington DC, notes… Read more »
Category: China
Artificial intelligence: enabling authoritarians, jeopardizing democracy
At a moment of great anxiety about the state of modern liberal democracy, artificial intelligence in China appears to be an incredibly powerful enabler of authoritarian rule. Is the arc… Read more »
‘Revisionist power’ China: authority is not authoritarianism
The December 2017 National Security Strategy description of China (along with Russia) as a “revisionist power” is consistent with a critique that many in the foreign policy establishment have voiced… Read more »
Africa pushes back against China’s ‘new colonialism’
For a global China, the benefits of increased economic engagement in Africa and becoming the continent’s preferred development partner comes with the burden of ensuring projects’ viability and sustainability. But… Read more »
China rising as ‘geoeconomic influencer’: four European case studies
In many parts of the world, China’s presence takes place through economic channels; Beijing has also become an exporter of political influence, however. Through some of its most vocal representatives,… Read more »
Human rights in China on a ‘downward trajectory’ under Xi
Protection of human rights in China has been on a “downward trajectory, by virtually every measure” since President Xi Jinping assumed power in 2012, a U.S. congressional study concluded Wednesday…. Read more »
Beijing’s information warfare ‘chivvying Taiwan’s vibrant democracy’
Taiwan’s president has accused China of disrupting international stability and committed to boosting her country’s defenses in the face of what Taipei sees as a growing threat from Beijing, The… Read more »
Beijing’s sharp power a bigger threat than Kremlin disinformation
China is waging an unprecedented campaign to influence American public opinion as November congressional elections approach and presents the greatest long-term counterintelligence threat to the United States, U.S. security officials… Read more »
As autocrats undermine democracy, can West counter the threat?
Efforts to directly confront China and Russia over their anti-democratic actions are unlikely to yield results and may further bolster their collaboration, according to analysts Andrea Kendall-Taylor and David Shullman. There are,… Read more »
China to employ AI & sharp power in ‘risky play’ for global leadership
China could overtake the United States in artificial intelligence technologies capable of disrupting every aspect of society, the leaders of a House panel said in a report released Tuesday. Artificial… Read more »