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October 22, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Is Obsessed With Having a Dictator-Level Military
A damning new report reveals the extent of Donald Trump’s obsession with military strongmen.
August 28, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Ex-Adviser Slams Trump for Getting Pushed Around by Foreign Leader
H.R. McMaster said that Chinese leader Xi Jinping handily manipulated Donald Trump.
July 25, 2024
Robert McCoy
Trump Boasts His New Deranged Idea Would Thrill Putin and Kim Jong Un
Donald Trump wants to punish protesters—and he’s taking inspiration from his dictator pals.
May 28, 2024
Thom Hartmann
How Trump’s Dictator Pals Might Get Him Back to the White House
The GOP pulled “October surprises” in 1968 and 1980. Intel agencies fear this year’s version could trample democracy—and start a world war, besides.
March 21, 2024
Magazine
Jordan Michael Smith
If Trump and His Heroes Ruled the World
So long, Sunak, Macron, Trudeau. Hello, Vlad, Viktor, and Kim. What would happen to the United States, and the world, if Donald Trump made it back to the Oval Office? The “leader of the free world” would become a fanboy follower in the unfree one.
August 10, 2023
Magazine
Win McCormack
The Chinese Kaleidoscope
Where is China actually headed?
June 23, 2023
Magazine
Win McCormack
Black Cat or White Cat
Which will catch the most mice?
June 19, 2023
Tori Otten
Can U.S.-China Relations Be Fixed?
A surprise meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Xi Jinping suggests the two countries are trying to fix a broken relationship.
June 15, 2023
Jake Werner
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Sam Fraser
Antony Blinken, Make Peace With China
If we’re to avoid a globally catastrophic conflict, the mutual distrust between the countries needs to end—starting this weekend.
March 17, 2023
Magazine
Win McCormack
The Thucydides Trap
Can the United States and China avoid military conflict?
February 8, 2023
Michael A. Cohen
Know Who the Balloon Incident Is Really Embarrassing For? China.
No, the incident does not reveal that the United States is in decline. It shows China’s incompetence, poor planning, and poor coordination.
March 18, 2022
Michael A. Cohen
If Xi Wants Out of His Putin Bromance, He Sure Isn’t Acting Like It
Biden spent nearly two hours trying to convince the Chinese leader to ditch Russia. But China is pretty dug in.
January 10, 2022
Jordan Michael Smith
If America Doesn’t Protect Ukraine, Then America Will ... Die?
That’s what some foreign policy pundits would have us believe, as Biden and Putin spar over Russia’s mounting threats to its neighbor.
April 29, 2021
Walter Shapiro
Joe Biden’s Bold Defense of American Democracy
In his first joint address to Congress, the president spoke out against the forces that threaten democratic values. That may be what defines his legacy.
August 17, 2020
Magazine
Walter Shapiro
Joe Biden’s Great Reclamation Project
The veteran politician weighs how best to launch a presidency amid unprecedented crises.
July 7, 2020
Casey Michel
The Left’s Deafening Silence on China’s Ethnic Cleansing
Anti-imperialist leftists can’t afford to cede this issue to centrist Democrats and the Trumpist right.
June 18, 2020
Matt Ford
John Bolton: American Coward
In a conflict between charmless monsters, the former national security adviser belatedly draws down on President Trump.
April 9, 2020
Daniel K. Gardner
The Planet Can’t Afford a Coronavirus Feud
The United States and China, despite current tensions, have to work together on fighting global warming. It’s the only way.
April 2, 2020
Magazine
Laurie Garrett
Grim Reapers
How Trump and Xi set the stage for the coronavirus pandemic
March 26, 2020
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The Politics of Everything
An Emergency Decades in the Making
Was the United States ever prepared for a pandemic?
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