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The Second American Declaration

(This post originally appeared January 18.) WHEN in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary to decide that a…

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Post #530: Trump’s Treachery on Ukraine

In the past week the President of the US has revealed his true colors on Russia’s war more clearly than…

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Post #529: China’s Economy: The Price of Success

If we read nothing other than the mainstream media, we are likely to be persuaded that China has the world’s…

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Post #384: China’s (Un)popularity

4 Aug 2023
One of Xi Jinping’s signature initiatives is the idea of China’s renaissance—“the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” as he puts it. Part of that effort is to arouse the loyalty…
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Post #383: Russia, Niger, and Coup Politics in Africa

31 Jul 20231 Aug 2023
If head counting is any indication, Russian diplomacy in Africa is slipping. A Russia-Africa summit meeting held in St. Petersburg drew only 21 African heads of state, far fewer than…
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Post #382: The Widening Breach, in Israel and in Israel-US Relations

24 Jul 202324 Jul 2023
The Growing Divide             Israel’s Knesset, or parliament, has passed the first law to scale back judicial independence, in line with the ambitions of Benjamin Netanyahu’s largely far-right, ultra-religious cabinet.…
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APB: China’s Faltering Economy and Its Implications

19 Jul 202319 Jul 2023
Growing Pains China’s economy is going through some of the same growing pains that Japan once experienced: lower consumer spending, overbuilding on homes and offices, local government debt that runs…
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Post #381: Assessing Treasury Secretary Yellen’s Beijing Journey

12 Jul 202316 Jul 2023
Updated version now available on my podcast: https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/106476/87-assessing-treasury-secretary-yellens-china-trip.mp3 Rhetoric and Reality “I believe that my bilateral meetings — which totaled about 10 hours over two days — served as a…
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Post #380: Who Needs Chinese Scientists? America Does

9 Jul 20239 Jul 2023
This blog is also available in my podcast at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/105809/86-who-needs-chinese-scientists-america-does.mp3 Unfair and Dysfunctional Xie Xiaoliang is one of Harvard’s premier scientists, a biophysical chemist known for his work on DNA.…
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Post #379: The Coup that Wasn’t

30 Jun 202329 Jun 2023
A Narrow and Costly Escape Tensions between the Russian defense ministry and the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, had been running high for months, mainly because of…
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Post #378: Modi’s Game, and Ours

25 Jun 202324 Jun 2023
China on Their Minds President Biden welcomed India’s prime minister Narendra Modi with much pomp and ceremony the other day. One senior US official said “there is no partner more…
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Post #377: Trump Indicted

17 Jun 202317 Jun 2023
            I dedicate this blog to the memory of my friend and former colleague, Daniel Ellsberg, who passed away Friday. He and I were among the authors of the top-secret…
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Post #376: The Taiwan Imbroglio

4 Jun 2023
What’s Going On? In my previous blog (Post #375) I reported on the worrying signs of a large gap in communications between the US and China. But I also noted…
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APB: Kissinger at 100

27 May 2023
            At the ripe age of 100, Henry Kissinger remains an icon of the governing class and the foreign policy establishment. Amazingly, his advice is still sought, he writes lucidly…
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Post #375: Out of Touch: The US-China Communications Gap

21 May 202322 May 2023
Among the many troubling trends in US-China relations these days is the lack of high-level diplomatic engagement. Until a few weeks ago, only John Kerry, Biden’s special envoy on climate…

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