Unrealistic Realism on Ukraine
Moral relativism, and its equally dubious corollary of moral equivalence, too often mars contemporary Realists’ conceptions of political realities.
A collection of 90 posts
Moral relativism, and its equally dubious corollary of moral equivalence, too often mars contemporary Realists’ conceptions of political realities.
How sexist violence killed the Chinese Dream.
The CCP has not missed an opportunity to inflame fears about its Japanese neighbor.
Fears of a CCP sponsored invasion at the Mexican border are misplaced. People are fleeing China because its economy is in dire straits.
The laboratory accident hypothesis of COVID-19’s origins is a bust, but the popular consensus is unwilling to accept it.
Beijing looks the other way, and the deadly medicine sails West just as its natural ancestor once sailed East.
Chinese-supported student groups in the West are being used to control discussion about China, censor critics, and lead protests against invited speakers
The deal is a belated response to the Chinese Communist Party’s mushrooming belligerence.
Too many Western politicians continue to delude themselves about the character of Beijing’s regime.
A plunging birthrate, deepening socioeconomic divisions, and the chaos produced by China’s failed Zero-COVID policy prove that Xi Jinping and the Party do not have the measure of the nation.
China’s population has learned that its voice has real power.
China’s dissenters are isolated. But they are not as isolated as they once were.
In the age of the Internet, can the Sitong Bridge Warrior’s protest make a difference?
China’s security apparatus may not be able to see into the minds of the people, but it can make their lives a misery in the attempt.
The Uyghurs have the potential to threaten China's national unity, which is the real reason we are seeing the largest incarceration of an ethnic or religious minority since the Holocaust.