Can the U.S. still advance democracy abroad?
U.S. President Joe Biden has promised to convene a Global Summit for Democracy during his first year in order to “strengthen our democratic institutions, honestly confront the… Read more »
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China ‘in darkest period’ since Tiananmen: ‘Crimes against humanity – and possibly genocide’
China has possibly committed “genocide” in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the U.S. Congress said in a… Read more »
The China challenge: Strategic urgency the prelude to strategic patience?
Cold War analogies aside, the world is in a battle for ideas, values, and the protection of sovereign democracies from outside influence and interference, argues Kevin Sheives – associate director… Read more »
Freedom’s struggle in the Indo-Pacific: A new experiment
What is the best balance of political freedom and economic openness? We are about to witness a demonstration of whether an authoritarian state can take over a free society and… Read more »
Will China’s totalitarian legacy postpone not prevent democratization?
Xi Jinping‘s shift to Neo-Stalinism may hasten rather than retard China’s eventual democratization, says a leading expert. While he seems to think that he is the only man who can… Read more »
Exporting autocracy: China the ‘biggest threat to democracy’ since WWII?
A senior US intelligence official has labeled China the biggest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since the Second World War, saying it was set on global domination. “The intelligence… Read more »
How democracies should confront China’s digital rise
Would an alliance of democracies help combat China’s technological expansion and check the spread of digital autocratic norms? asks Steven Feldstein, a senior fellow in the Carnegie Endowment for International… Read more »
Anticipating global pushback against the ‘China Challenge’
A bipartisan policy must take shape for the United States to “out-compete” China, U.S. Democratic Senator Chris Coons told Reuters on Friday. “Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party are… Read more »
China’s sharp power opportunity: How Xi Jinping ‘ blew it’
The Covid pandemic provided China with a golden opportunity to expand its global influence, but the regime “blew it,” leaving the world “wide open for America’s return,” says a leading… Read more »
China Vs. Democracy: The Greatest Game
The great question facing the free world is how to deal with China in this new era of competition, argues analyst Michael Auslin. One answer is provided in a new “handbook”… Read more »