The Boomerang Effect of Donald Trump’s Tariffs
While some countries are closing their markets, China remains committed to economic opening.
While some countries are closing their markets, China remains committed to economic opening.
Economic interdependence, cultural overlap and political frustration have never erased Canada’s distinct identity. History, institutions, values and collective memory all point in the same direction.
Decoupling from China is economically unfeasible, encircling China is politically unsustainable, and excluding China from global governance is functionally impossible.
Prime Minister Starmer’s visit to China reflects a clearer alignment between Britain’s foreign policy objectives and its economic realities, as well as recognizes the limits of ideological framing in a complex global environment.
China and the U.K. need to see history from a broader perspective, rise above differences, respect each other, and turn the vast potential of China-U.K. cooperation into real progress.
While some countries cling to outdated models of protectionism, China is investing in the future through opening-up and development. Hainan exemplifies this approach with a bold experiment in open trade and cross-cultural exchange.
The blowback from Japan’s militaristic turn will be far more extensive—and increasingly painful—for Japan itself.
Americans are mobilizing more and more to defend beleaguered immigrant communities and restore constitutional protections and civil liberties that the American system of government has traditionally striven to uphold.
In an interconnected world, resilience is not found behind thicker walls, but in building more and stronger bridges. For the sake of European prosperity, it is a lesson worth heeding.
The futile effort to contain China should be kicked to the curb and replaced with a commitment to honoring American and Western values.
Multiple signs suggest this year’s WEF marks a geopolitical and geo-economic inflection point.
Greenland is not a peripheral territory but a central piece of geography caught within a renewed U.S. strategy of global containment.