The White Paper Revolution
China’s population has learned that its voice has real power.
Aaron Sarin
· 14 min read
Foreign Affairs
A collection of 116 posts
Misremembering the Korean War
The profound difference in quality of life on opposing sides of the 38th parallel today offers a rebuke to those who portray the US-led intervention in Korea as immoral or futile.
Niranjan Shankar
· 15 min read
Will It Be Different This Time?
It is starting to look like a question of when, not if, the Islamic Republic of Iran will fall.
Brian Stewart
· 9 min read
Putting the Cart before the Camel?
A plea for Arab democracy.
Brian Stewart
· 9 min read
A Single Spark
In the age of the Internet, can the Sitong Bridge Warrior’s protest make a difference?
Aaron Sarin
· 6 min read
In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud
Biden, Putin, and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
Robin Ashenden
· 15 min read
Red Letter Day
How an unknown teacher from Leningrad took on Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev—and ultimately won.
Robin Ashenden
· 12 min read
What the Left Keeps Getting Wrong About Ukraine
Vapid bromides about peace and negotiation are no substitute for policy and a frank acknowledgement of Russia’s responsibility for the conflict.
Matt Johnson
· 10 min read
Idealist and Idiot
Gorbachev’s legacy is partly to blame for the tyranny into which Russia has since slumped.
John Lloyd
· 9 min read
Lydia and the Vlads
An Estonian’s changing relationship with Russia.
Robin Ashenden
· 12 min read
The Roads Not Taken
A new book by Orlando Figes explores the role of Russian history in the Ukranian war.
John Lloyd
· 10 min read
False Accusations and Ideological Bias
Amnesty International, Ukraine, and the Illusion of NGO Fact-Finding Expertise.
Gerald M. Steinberg
· 13 min read
Death From Above
Ayman al-Zawahiri’s reign of pious terror is now over.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
Zelensky’s Terrible Dilemma—and Ours
Capitulation or Bloody Resistance?
John Lloyd
· 8 min read
The Road to Genocide
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.
Aaron Sarin
· 17 min read