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America’s Year of Self-Destruction

BERLIN – US President Donald Trump seems determined to reshape the North Atlantic region, and he is willing to destroy the transatlantic West in the process. Trump and his advisers seem to believe that alliances such as NATO are a burden, and that “America alone” will achieve true greatness. Yet,

How Developing Countries Can Make the Most of AI

The return of industrial policy marks a major shift in global economic thinking, but for developing countries, it is a

Stifling the “Spirit of Dialogue” at Davos

The silence on climate change is as cynical as it is unsurprising. One of Trump’s first acts in his second

Can China Reverse Its Demographic Decline?

China has just announced that births in 2025 plunged to 7.92 million, from 9.54 million the previous year – and almost

China-India Poll 2025 Shows Optimism on Bilateral Ties

The poll used a standardized questionnaire with 28 core questions and collected 1,854 valid responses from China and India through

Trump’s Anti-Moral Morality

The course of international relations for decades to come will be determined by whether the rest of the world accepts

Grok Is Testing Whether AI Governance Means Anything

Governments worldwide increasingly agree on a basic premise of AI governance: systems deployed at scale must be safe, controllable, and

The High Cost of Trump’s Amateur Diplomats

Trump, now engaged in a brazenly neo-imperialist project in Venezuela, has handed China a golden opportunity to portray itself as

Yesterday, I was worried that the country wasn’t being built;…

Beloved Nepali brothers and sisters living at home and abroad, The founder of the Nepali nation, consolidator of Nepali society

Overcapacity Is China’s Biggest AI Advantage

American policymakers ignore this shift at their peril. By narrowly focusing on winning the race for better models and chips,