“Social Trust Has Really Eroded”
An interview with Francis Fukuyama.
Matt Johnson, Francis Fukuyama
· 29 min read
China
A collection of 90 posts
In Defence of Jiang Yurong
The Chinese student has become the face of Western academia’s Chinese corruption problem, but her critics are missing something more important.
Aaron Sarin
· 9 min read
A Minority of One
A valuable new collection of wartime letters written by Leslie Fiedler shows how politically astute the budding literary critic was about communism.
Ron Capshaw
· 7 min read
Know Thine Enemy
An insider’s naive and myopic account of China’s system and intentions.
Brian Stewart
· 8 min read
The Rare Earth Wars
New mining frontiers are opening up in Greenland, Brazil, Tanzania, and Australia. In no time at all, historically speaking, Beijing’s advantage will disappear. That is a relief, but it is also a concern.
Aaron Sarin
· 7 min read
The Strange Western Surrender
When dealing with the Chinese Communist Party, why does the West find it so difficult to learn the exhausting lessons of bitter experience?
Aaron Sarin
· 10 min read
Border Wars and the Return of Fear
The new European commitment to defence and Russia’s unshakeable wish to control Ukraine have revived an awareness that war is something with which comfortable and relatively wealthy states may still have to live.
John Lloyd
· 10 min read
How Hong Kong’s Struggle Came to Britain
Conflict is brewing between Hongkongers who have made the UK their home and a Communist Party that wants to make the UK its vassal.
Aaron Sarin
· 8 min read
The Evisceration of Hong Kong
From laissez-faire to lèse-majesté: an embarrassment in four fits.
Geoff Privisant
· 13 min read
Fentanyl in America: Geography of a Crisis
There are no quick and easy solutions to America’s illegal fentanyl problem.
Robert C. Thornett
· 11 min read
REDnote and the TikTok Refugees
If they manage to stay on REDnote long enough, former TikTokers will surely begin to notice that all is not as it seems in modern China.
Aaron Sarin
· 6 min read
China’s Autoimmune Disorder
China is now turning its rage inward.
Aaron Sarin
· 6 min read
Fragile Europe, On Its Own
European leaders are struggling to cope with the multiple crises now facing the beleaguered continent.
John Lloyd
· 8 min read
Tyranny Is Not What It Used to Be
In her new book, ‘Autocracy, Inc.,’ historian Anne Applebaum provides us with a distinctive and indispensable guide to one of the great challenges of our time.
Brian Stewart
· 8 min read
The Return of Realpolitik
Some leaders in Europe may resist a new alliance with Trump’s America, but in a world dominated by bullies, sharp elbows and unpredictability may be what the times demand.
Joel Kotkin
· 10 min read