US & Canada
  • Inconvenient truths about US debt explosion
    2020-07-13 Dan Steinbock
    The delays and containment failures of the COVID-19 in major advanced economies, particularly the United States, are morphing into a faster-than-expected series of economic challenges, including debt crises.Only two quarters ago, US federal... [FULL TEXT]
  • Why Did the Bloody Galwan Clash Take Place?
    2020-07-01 Liu Zongyi
    On the evening of June 15, Chinese and Indian soldiers clashed unexpectedly in the Galwan Valley, high in the Karakoram mountains, causing casualties on both sides. The Indian side, which initiated the incident, suffered a lot of casualties... [FULL TEXT]
  • Chen Dongxiao:US-China confrontation could create a global s...
    2020-06-24 Chen Dongxiao
    Prof. Dr. Chen Dongxiao is the President of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), a government affiliated top think-tank of China. He got his Ph.D. from Fudan University. His major areas of specialization are China’s foreign... [FULL TEXT]
  • What to learn from China's fight against COVID-19
    2020-02-27 Danilo Türk
    A week ago, I was returning to Slovenia from London via Germany and Italy. The whole travel was normal – with, perhaps, fewer passengers at airports than usual.However, at our final stop at the airport of Trieste (Trst), on the Italian side... [FULL TEXT]
  • America Shoots Itself in the Foot
    2020-04-27 Jin Liangxiang
    The last months have seen various discussions in American academia about the impact the COVID-19 crisis could have on the future international order. Those discussions include an influential article by Henry Kissinger in the Wall Street Jou... [FULL TEXT]
  • Ideology’s Negative Effect
    2020-02-19 Jin Liangxiang
    China-U.S. relations are, and will continue to be, a defining feature of the future international order, and stable evolution of that relationship is relevant not only to the future welfare of the two nations but also to the world. Variable... [FULL TEXT]
  • The U.S. fails the world by keeping Iran sanctions
    2020-03-17 Jin Liangxiang
    Containing the COVID-19 epidemic has topped the agenda of the international community as the virus has developed into a global pandemic where no-one is immune. Facing this common challenge, therefore, countries should deal with it through j... [FULL TEXT]
  • International landscape roiling with changes brought by pand...
    2020-04-01 Yang Jiemian
    During the global coronavirus pandemic, analyzing the situation to generate responses in a comprehensive, dialectical and forward-looking manner is much needed.Most changes in the international strategic landscape over the centuries were th... [FULL TEXT]
  • US must fulfill its duty toward UN
    2019-11-16 Xue Lei
    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, among other things, also has the unenviable job of resolving the funding crisis for the United Nations. So serious is the UN's funds crunch that it may not be able to pay the salaries of its staff in N... [FULL TEXT]
  • Can US and Turkey really reach agreement on a safe zone?
    2019-08-23 Jin Liangxiang
    It was widely reported in international media in mid-August that the U.S. and Turkey had reached an agreement on issues relating to their interests in Syria.Despite being regarded as a positive step by the two sides, the move is by no way a... [FULL TEXT]