The climate pact swindle
by Charles Krauthammer • Washington Post Historic. Such is the ubiquitous description of the climate agreement recently announced in Beijing between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping in which China promised…
China unrest and the future of the open internet
by Peter Roff • Washington Times Many of those watching the pro-democracy demonstrations underway right now in Hong Kong are concerned, appropriately, about the impact they will have…
Xinjiang: China’s Struggle to Sinicize Its Un-Chinese Providence
by Larry Franklin Despite the intense efforts of Beijing to Sinicise Xinjiang, it remains the most un-Chinese of China’s administrative regions and the only one with a majority Muslim population.…
Punch and Judy Foreign Policy
by Major Garrett For President Obama, caution in the defense of liberty is no vice, and militarism in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. Obama didn’t come to Asia…
The Roots of Russia’s Revanchism – Energy
Western energy disarmament is proving suicidal. by William Tucker On Wednesday, the New York Times published a very nice account of a speech President Vladimir Putin gave to a group…
Handing Over the Keys to the Internet
It’s nuts to cede control of the Internet to countries with poor records on free speech. by Charles C. W. Cooke If at least for the sake of variation, those…
Global Internet governance proposals threaten sovereignty, freedom of information
by Peter Roff The evolution of the Internet has not only changed the world of commerce; it’s revolutionized the diplomatic sphere and helped democratize the foreign policy process. Up until…
What does the future hold for the People’s Republic of China?
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi In China, history is always viewed through the prism of a peculiarly inverse political logic. The fact that tyranny in the form of a communist…
The high price of Obama’s Mideast peace push
by John Bolton The breaking news that al Qaeda has captured Fallujah and Ramadi raises the question whether America’s sacrifices in Iraq were made in vain. It also highlights the…
How China Is Behind the Nuclear Program of Iran—and Every Other Rogue State
Beijing proved masterful at enabling Pyongyang to expand its program, and did the same for Pakistan. Now it’s Tehran’s turn. In November, immediately after the announcement that Iran had reached…
Fact-checking President Obama
by George Landrith Let’s fact check President Barack Obama’s debate statements. He spent a lot of time since the first debate and during the second debate complaining that what Gov.…
Communist China on the verge of collapse
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi The People’s Republic of China appears to be a normal nation-state on the surface. Yet, alarmingly close to this tranquil surface, society is in a…
China’s Hazardous Present and Uncertain Future
by Dr. Miklós K. Radványi Regardless of their shades, dictatorships universally worship might. For this fundamental reason, the precarious existence of every revolutionary regime rests on two essential criteria –…
China’s Approaching Implosion
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi From its genesis until its overthrow on February 12, 1912, imperial China was driven throughout its history by a permanent tension between the despotic state’s…