In view of China’s pin-prick strategy, the world’s third-largest democracy is developing some military teeth.
1971: Big Shifts in China and in the U.S.
The year when China was brought out of its shell — and the U.S. started learning about unsuccessful interventions.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Slowly Imploding?
The Chinese-dominated Pakistani port city of Gwadar — the crown jewel of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — increasingly looks like a powder keg that has exploded.
Putin: Master of Hybrid Wars?
All wars are hybrid, but war — and the notion of hybrid — have changed.
India and China: 1962 as a Turning Point
A history retold about India and China from 1949 to 1962, a formative and yet self-destructive phase in a troubled relationship.
Boosting Transatlantic Technology Cooperation
The EU and the U.S. need to address the real technology competitiveness challenge, which is China.
Biden Vs. Xi: The Global Battle for Restoring Domestic Economic Balance
How the fight against inequality at home unites — and separates — Biden and Xi Jinping. And who seems to have the upper hand.
Asian Nations and Their Languages
Three large Asian nations — China, India and Indonesia — are polyphonic and geographically diverse. They all made different choices on their national language.
Asia: The Quad’s Pivot to ASEAN
Providing a soft power alternative to China, in Southeast Asia
Transatlantic Relations After the Afghanistan Debacle
Reflections on the need to guard against the false prophets of making hay out of the current situation by effectively doing China’s bidding inside Europe, especially inside Germany.