The lack of a treaty for international rivers in Asia heightens tensions among downstream countries, exacerbated by extensive dam construction along the Lancang.
The bluer the sky, the colder the homes
Despite the success of Beijing’s “blue sky” energy policy, the forced coal-to-gas/electric program has created a significant humanitarian and economic crisis in the rural areas surrounding the capital.
A snake trying to swallow an elephant
Top general Zhang Youxia purged as rumors rock the CCP.
Six years since the Wuhan lockdown
Seeking accountability. Noted Chinese scholar Hu Ping unpacks a buried catastrophe.
China’s malign influence at the United Nations
How increasing financial contributions to the United Nations have enabled Beijing to assert significant influence over global norms and standards while maintaining China’s identity as a “developing country.”
How Beijing’s double standards are shaping world order
As China edges toward becoming the world’s largest economy, its insistence on being treated as a developing nation becomes increasingly untenable.
Secure the regime above all else
The CCP’s growth obsession masks a deliberate sacrifice of human security, says China expert.
The Chinese military is built for politics
Not fighting wars, argues defense analyst and China monitor Timothy R. Heath.
U.S. strategic moves against China
Analyzing the implications for Canada.
Canada walked away from the AIIB once
It should keep it that way. Here’s why.
Authoritarian threats to Canada
Adversarial nations that “despise our way of life” should not take precedence over Canada’s long-standing relationship with the U.S. – Brian Lee Crowley.
Greenland is the flashpoint
China and Russia test NATO, Canada, and Indigenous Arctic jurisdictions.
The Chinese Communist Party’s ‘inverted world’
Beijing’s blatant distortions of reality are rooted in Marxist ideology.
What will happen to the oil-for-loans project between China and Venezuela after Maduro’s arrest?
The arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has prompted warnings that a new government may refuse to recognize debts deemed odious or illegitimate.
Two weeks in January
America’s secret engagement with Khomeini: the story of how Ayatollah Khomeini brokered his return to Iran to pursue the rise of the Islamic Republic.


