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China
A Major Diplomatic Defeat for Duterte — And His Allies in Beijing
The Philippine strongman was counting on China to quash a UN resolution to investigate his brutal “war on drugs.” They failed.
The World Needs a Water Treaty
The world has enough water for 7 billion people, but not if countries waste, hoard, or weaponize it.
China’s Belt and Road of Science
China’s ambitious infrastructure initiative is also about building knowledge and not just things.
US-China Trade War: Stepping Away from the Brink
Trump’s trade war with China could quickly morph into a shooting war.
Bolton Wants to Fight Iran, But the Pentagon Has Its Eye on China
The Pentagon may be burned by the war on terror, but it’s obsessively preparing for a high-intensity conflict with China or Russia.
Democracy Desperately Needs a Reboot
Democracy faces a global crisis. And this crisis couldn’t be coming at a worse time.
The Misadventures of ‘Tariff Man’
For Donald Trump, tariffs are a substitute for diplomacy, just as harassment in his personal life is a substitute for normal human interaction
Getting China Wrong, Yet Again
A new Council on Foreign Relations report presents China in a distorted light.
America’s Clash of Civilizations Runs Up Against China’s Dialogue of Civilizations
Two speeches and two very different approaches to the world.