John Foster / 21 Jan 2022
Neoliberal Crisis Analysis
Aftershocks, by Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright
The rapid spread of the Omicron variant has buried hopes the world might be ending its morbid embrace of COVID-19.(...)
China
Duncan Simpson / 15 Dec 2021
Pandemic Politics Anxieties
China’s Social Credit Model, Part I
As winter descends across Europe, fears over a new surge in infections, driven by the latest Coronavirus variant, are reviving authoritarian anxieties. (...)
Filip Noubel / 06 Oct 2021
Turkey’s Abandonment of the Uyghurs
Why Erdoğan Gave In
Turkey has traditionally been an ally of the Uyghurs due to strong linguistic, cultural, and religious ties.(...)
Andreas Bloom / 22 Sep 2021
Too Big to Cover
China’s Belt and Road Blackout
Greece is a critical stop for China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Chinese state-owned shipping conglomerate COSCO now controls the Greek port of Piraeus, one of the largest in the Mediterranean.(...)
John Foster / 17 Sep 2021
Out of the Red
The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy, by Chris Miller
The end of communism was meant to be a return to the “civilised” world of individualism and consumerism. It didn’t quite happen that way.(...)
Josh White / 06 Sep 2021
The Media’s War
Afghanistan and the Press
Throughout the US war in Afghanistan, Western media framed the conflict in terms that suited the governments of the day.(...)
Andreas Bloom / 12 Jul 2021
It’s Not a Chinese Plot
Greece’s Belt and Road Boosters
In Greek media, the dominant line on China is that Beijing is investing in the country, primarily through its flagship project, in Piraeus.(...)
Andreas Bloom / 31 May 2021
Belt and Road Politics
The Case of Piraeus
Chinese investment in the Greek port of Piraeus has boosted trade between the two countries. But tensions over an alleged breaking of environmental rules have highlighted the potential harms of Beijing's largesse.(...)
John Foster / 19 Apr 2021
After Afghanistan
Last Lesson From Vietnam, Part II
The advent of the Biden Administration presaged many changes in US foreign policy. (...)
Josh White / 15 Feb 2021
Discipline and Publish
The BBC vs. CGTN
Global media is a battleground. Every country has an army of journalists on standby to defend its national interests – or at least the interests of the people who happen to run the country.(...)