“Back in my youth, we imagined that lumbering dinosaurs like Russia and China and the European Union would endure regardless of the global convulsions taking place around them.”
The View from 2050
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What Comes After Empire?
Let’s say the U.S. actually curbed its military adventurism, reeled in the Pentagon budget, and closed its global network of bases. Then what?
What Better U.S.-China Cooperation Might Look Like
What if world leaders, starting with the U.S., took seriously Pope Francis’ call to treat global crises as moral issues?
China’s Stock Market Crash Is the Latest Crisis of Global Capitalism
Alongside rising protests from farmers and workers, China now confronts a middle class anxious about a slowdown in growth and burned by the stock market bust. It’s a volatile brew.
Finally, Nepal Gets a Constitution
First promised over a half a century ago, Nepal’s new constitution is surprisingly progressive. But it’s led to tensions with neighboring India and with underrepresented ethnic groups.
Germany Shames U.S. With Its Policies Toward Refugees, China, and Russia
Despite risks to domestic politics and local administration, Germany is opening its gates to vast numbers of refugees.
The Star Trek Fallacy
The impulse to “boldly go” has gotten humanity into a mess of trouble.
China and the Opportunity Costs of September 11
The world’s two major powers lost a decade that could have been spent hashing out responses to climate change, the arms trade, and the global recession.
Abe’s WWII Statement and Self-Defense Bill Boost Japan-China Relations
Despite the ongoing islands dispute, Japan and China are growing closer.
How Taiwan’s High School Students Are Shaking Up the Country’s Politics
Taiwan’s political press is calling a student textbook protest the country’s next Sunflower Movement — “High School Edition.”