Adversary or enemy? China is ‘unlikely to simply collapse’
The Soviet Union and its satellites were an apparatus of state terror, resting on an ideology of class hatred, foisted on nations that wanted no part of either. It was… Read more »
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Democracies in ideological competition with China – not clash of civilizations
China’s President Xi Jinping is now invoking cultural diversity as a pretext for opposing democracy and asserting Beijing’s sharp power, reports suggest. Xi repeated his rallying cry on Wednesday as he… Read more »
Americans not turning isolationist, but ……
Americans are not retreating into isolationism, but neither are they persuaded by the traditional justifications for efforts to shape the world, notes Johns Hopkins University Professor Hal Brands. For those… Read more »
Democracies must resist China’s growing ‘infosphere’ of influence
China is “fed up” with hearing complaints from the United States about its Belt and Road program to re-create the old Silk Road, Reuters reports. The regime is bridling at… Read more »
Hong Kong crackdown: extradition law would extend Beijing’s ‘coercive reach’
A U.S. congressional commission fears that a proposed new extradition law in Hong Kong could extend China’s “coercive reach” into the financial hub and create serious risks for U.S. national… Read more »
How to combat (and how not to describe) China’s sharp power
Xi Jinping’s sharp power offensive is a strategic threat to the integrity of liberal democracy, says a leading expert. “The Xi government’s go-global, multi-platform, international strategic communication strategy aims to… Read more »
Beijing exporting repressive China Model in new battle of ideas
On the surface, the ongoing trade dispute between the United States and China is all about economics and business. But a more consequential struggle over ideology and global security pits the… Read more »
Russia’s crony capitalism: from market economy to kleptocracy?
Russia’s main problem isn’t populism, but elitism in two basic forms, says analyst Emil Pain, the paternalist one in the state based on tradition and the “snobbish” version held many… Read more »
How funders can support democratic renewal
How do you push back on illiberal and authoritarian trends? What is the role of philanthropy in building social capital and citizen agency? And what are the… Read more »
Counter resurgent Russia by fostering principled engagement?
In his Nobel Peace Prize lecture in 1975, Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov listed the names of over 120 political prisoners he knew of at the time. Now the Russian human… Read more »