In the recent Bulgarian elections, for instance, the political party of the former president, Rumen Radev, whom Western media describe as a Russophile and Euroskeptic, ran and won on an anticorruption ...

Tensions increased further in April, when American cardinals joined Leo in challenging the morality of war against Iran. Trump crudely assailed the pope on social media, denigrating him as “WEAK on ...

The past year of U.S.-Chinese relations has been extraordinary and head-spinning. In the spring of 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a de facto trade embargo on China, a measure swiftly ...

On the eve of invading Ukraine in 2022, Russia enjoyed a decent global position. It had a strong partnership with China; extensive economic ties with Europe; a working relationship, however fraught, ...

Trump did not definitively sell out Taiwan or other U.S. Indo-Pacific allies while in Beijing, which was both a relief and an affirming outcome for those who reject the spheres of influence approach.

The People’s Republic of China was founded in opposition to empire. The Chinese Communist Party built its identity on anti-imperialism, presenting itself as the vanguard of a global struggle against ...

In its geostrategic global competition with the United States, China utilizes a mixture of instruments to expand its footprint and advance its interests. These can be measured in four categories: ...

Their pivot came after months of corporate silence as the administration ratcheted up its pressure on Powell and on Fed Governor Lisa Cook. In corporate America during the Trump era, the public and ...

When U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet in Beijing this week, it will be a modern standoff with the unmistakable overtones of single combat. Summits are often less ...

The conclusion of the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping marks the culmination of a turbulent moment in U.S.-Chinese relations. After a year of escalation and ...

But the Trump administration’s approach is not reciprocity at all. It is coercive unilateralism dressed up as reciprocity. The United States has pursued reciprocal trade for the past 90 years, but ...