15 March Written by Robert Callan China’s highest-profile political meeting of the year concluded on Thursday, with the government laying out economic plans to manage risks now that a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is well under way. Here’s what we learned from the weeklong…

14 March Written by Sandy Parker The leaders of the four-nation Quad have reaffirmed that they are striving to ensure that the Indo-Pacific is accessible, dynamic and governed by international law and bedrock principles such as freedom of navigation and peaceful resolution of disputes, and…

13 March Written by Robert Rapier Over the past decade, no major energy source has grown faster than solar power. According to the 2020 BP Statistical Review of World Energy, installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity has grown at an average annual rate of over 42%…

12 March Written by Sam Lander A recent joint Chicago Council on Global Affairs-Levada Analytical Center survey finds that the Russian public sees little downside to the growing bilateral relationship with China. According to the survey, three out of four Russians polled express a favorable…

11 March Written by Taras Kuzio The US has been absent from the South Caucasus for the last decade, under presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump. But the election of US President Joe Biden opens up an opportunity for the US to support the Turkish-Azerbaijan…

10 March Written by Tracy Johnson An informed Saudi source said that the Gulf tour by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, which began Monday, coincides with a Saudi effort to recalibrate its relationship with the United States. The source added in a statement to the…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…