Opinion – How Europe’s Global Gateway Competes With China’s BRI
Europe’s answer to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Gateway, will never match Beijing’s firepower – and it does not need to.
Opinion – Xi’s Balancing Act and the West’s India Problem
Strategic patience, coupled with cultural outreach and steady cooperation, will ensure that when India decides where its future lies, the West remains its most natural partner.
Opinion – Why China Parades Power as Peace
Xi Jinping is selling a multipolar order with China as an active player, while Washington offers little that inspires confidence.
Why Xi, Putin and Kim on One Stage Matters
Xi, Putin, and Kim standing together at China’s Victory Day parade in Tiananmen Square captured an authoritarian convergence rooted in shared grievances and converging strategies.
Assessing China’s Strategy Towards Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Beijing may entice Moscow to continue its imperial ambitions to keep key American and Taiwanese allies occupied, and out of the Asian Pacific.
Opinion – Trump’s Tariffs are the Incentive the BRICS Needed
Trump’s attempts to “punish” Brazil and India with tariffs may potentially distance them from the US, and perhaps even unite them.
Civilizational Nationalism: Concept, Cases, and Global Implications
For authoritarian regimes, civilization-state status has become a justification for pursuing an alternative, civilizationally-defined path to modernity.
Confucius Institutes in Argentina and China’s Soft Power Strategy
The Argentine experience demonstrates how academic institutions can domesticate soft power initiatives, reshaping them through their own values and legal traditions.
China’s Global Hegemony Strategy
In China’s vision of the future, hegemony will be achieved not only through military bases and alliances, but also through control of norms and algorithms.
Opinion – Rethinking the China Challenge
The central task is not merely to outcompete China, but to reimagine power in a world of environmental limits and democratic erosion.
