America’s Russia policy must not ignore human rights
9 March Written by Dylan Myles When the Russian government sent an FSB hit squad to kill opposition leader Alexei Navalny with one of the Novichok nerve agents, it violated international law. The Russian government faced no domestic accountability for this lawlessness. However, there has…
How Biden Can Stand With Hong Kong
9 March Written by Steven Feldstein Earlier this month, hundreds of Hong Kongers thronged outside a courthouse in West Kowloon to protest the arrest of 47 activists and opposition lawmakers, who were attending an arraignment hearing inside. When the police took them into custody in…
Revenge Against Revenge: Biden’s Revenge Politics and “The Cure at Troy”
9 March Written by Max Haiven WITH JOE BIDEN now established in the White House without the feared retaliation of his predecessor’s rabid and well-armed supporters, it is tempting to imagine that the age of revenge politics is at its close. But those politics remain,…
Biden and Xi are offering dueling worldviews — the winner will shape the global future
7 March Written by Frederick Kempe Who is going to organize the world? And what forces and whose interests will shape the global future? Those were the underlying questions behind two events this past week, one in Washington and the other in Beijing, that set…
Surprise: Societal Scholars Could Drive Climate Policy
5 March Written by Benjamin Storrow In early December, Jane Flegal was asked for her “optimal policy mix” to address climate change. Flegal was a program officer with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation at the time, a position from which she was able to…
Canada ranked one of the most free countries in the world
3 March Written by Rose Land A new report has ranked Canada among the most free countries in the world. The ranking comes courtesy of independent watchdog organization Freedom House. The report is meant to provide a snapshot of the varying levels of freedom in…
What We Can Learn from Global Policy About Preventing Domestic Extremism?
2 March Written by David Cortright In the wake of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, political leaders in Washington are rightly paying greater attention to the threat of right-wing extremism. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkis has vowed to prioritize the fight against…
China aims for tech independence amid looming cut-throat race with US
1 March Written by Lana Crew China is moving swiftly to map out potential weaknesses in dozens of technological sectors and draft a sweeping plan to address areas that are exposed to external risks, Chinese officials said on Monday, as the country aims to further…
Trump wants to start a new super PAC headed by former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, report says
27 February Written by Sophia Ankel Former President Donald Trump wants to form a new political action committee (PAC) and plans on having his former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, run it, Politico reported Thursday. Trump is said to have held a multi-hour meeting at his…
Western politicians sink to level of separatist WUC in Beijing 2022 boycott push
24 February Written by Zhang Han and Fan Lingzhi The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), a separatist organization that is connected to the terrorist group “East Turkistan Islamic Movement” seeking “the fall of China,” among many other so-called human rights groups, has been calling for a…