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Under Olaf Scholz, Germany Stumbles Towards Deeper Economic Ties with China

Nov 5, 2022

By Jianli Yang A year ago, in early November 2021, on a visit to Taiwan, a member of a European...

Crouching China: Why NATO Must Reinforce Its Western Norms

Jun 19, 2022

by Bradley A. Thayer Lianchao Han The NATO summit in Brussels in June and its call for a new Strategic Concept for adoption in 2022 to address the threat posed by China compels the question of why it took this long for the...

Even After Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, a Marriage of Convenience Between Xi and Putin Will Not Last

Jun 19, 2022

By Lianchao Han and Bradley A. Thayer The warm glow of China’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and at the Beijing summit this month between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping was defined by both leaders as the acme of the...

The wisdom of small states on the China threat

Jun 19, 2022

BY LIANCHAO HAN AND BRADLEY A. THAYER While small states seldom take the lead on big issues, they can sometimes state truths that larger states seem reluctant to perceive or comprehend. Cases in point are the statements by...

The West Must Not Let Xi Jinping Protect Putin and Give the CCP Another “Strategic Opportunity”

Jun 18, 2022

By Jianli Yang & Lianchao Han Last month in Poland during his much-anticipated speech on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden said Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” Biden’s aides quickly walked back...