There was no way for Blinken’s Beijing trip to go on as planned and not focus inordinately on the balloon incident, argues Paul Heer.
China’s balloon was not a “real strategic threat,” says Bruce Jentleson. “Our satellites overfly China all the time and theirs overfly us.”
China will need to promote domestic consumption to reach its potential GDP growth in 2023, argues Yang Yao.
Jamil Anderlini, Elise Labott, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.
Citizens and policymakers alike embrace industrial policy as great power competition intensifies.
"We have to deal with China and the way to deal with it is to engage with it," argues Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer in the Wire China.
“Both sides continue to pursue policies that appear aimed more at competition and confrontation,” writes Paul Heer in the National Interest.
Ravi Agrawal and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.
What are the implications of Japan’s largest military buildup since World War II, and what does this mean for the US-Japan security alliance?
"Events over the past year have demonstrated the inherent flaws of governance systems that allow power to be consolidated in the hands of a single individual," Paul Poast argues.
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