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AI, Robotics and Us – E-Book Launch
As 2025 nears its end, many of us pause to reflect on the year’s achievements, milestones, and challenges. Among them, one milestone stands out...
How the 2025 Central Economic Work Conference Shapes China’s Economic Development
The Central Economic Conference was held in Beijing on Wednesday and Thursday, December 10 and 11, 2025, to discuss all aspects of the anticipated...
What 1930s Appeasement Tells Us About What President Trump is Doing Right
There is some concern that U.S. President Donald J. Trump is neglecting deterrence in both Europe, as manifested by his pressure for a negotiated...
Competing for the High Frontier: U.S., Europe, and China in the New Space Economy
The “New Space Economy” (NSE) has emerged as one of the most influential concepts of the past decade, marking the rapid, commercially driven transformation...
“No Attention to Spare for Reasoning”: When the American President Is “Mass Man”
“The mass-man has no attention to spare for reasoning; he learns only in his own flesh.” - Jose Ortega y’Gasset, The Revolt of the...
US and Russia Engage in Talks to Resolve Trade Disputes and Expand Economic Ties
Despite the complexities posed by the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the United States has been taking conscious steps to improve commercial relations with Russia. Unsurprisingly, Russia,...
The eight key tasks of China’s economic work in 2026
The Central Economic Conference in Beijing in December 2025 identified eight key tasks for China's economic work in 2026. Several of these areas particularly...
A Giant That Doesn’t Know How to Use Its Power
This year, in the US-China trade war and the grand military parade, China demonstrated economic and military strength that forced the United States to...
Inside Beijing’s Blueprint: Planning China’s Economic Future to 2030
The Central Economic Conference in Beijing affirmed its support for China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, stating that the new year would be exceptional, with the...
Why the Thai–Cambodian Dispute is a Strategic Problem
The Thai-Cambodian tension is almost uniformly treated as a manageable bilateral issue, serious but contained, sensitive but familiar. This is a mistake. The real...