China

2022 started on a desperate note for America, and ended in strength. 2023 starts with foundational cracks in the world’s three remaining large autocracies: Russia, China and Iran. When they fall, we will essentially have a globe of nations governed by popular choice — and at peace. Democracies do not…

Incursions by Chinese fighter jets are increasing tensions in the Taiwan Strait. The multiplication of cyber attacks and the implementation of a maritime blockade is worrying. — For all those who listen carefully to Xi Jinping's speeches, an obsession hammered out, again and again, comes back every time: the Chinese regime wants to absorb Taiwan, which it calls “a rebel island,” willingly or by force. …

China’s very authoritarian president has gone from his zero-COVID policy to a sudden zero restriction, putting his people at risk. — Now enshrined in the Chinese Constitution, Xi Jinping’s thought was meant to be infallible. The communist regime had, according to Xi Jinping, proven its overwhelming superiority over Western democracies through its “victory” over COVID-19. Three years after the beginning of the pandemic, in Wuhan, Xi Jinping’s rhetoric seems more inconsistent…

A border adjustment will tax carbon intensive imports — A new EU tax on some of the most carbon intensive traded goods may address one of the greatest barriers to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions: the absence of near-term commitments from the largest, most rapidly growing developing nations. While the EU, US, and most industrialized nations have goals to…