By Ian Bremmer, Project Syndicate
Since Taiwan’s pro-independence president, William Lai, took office in January 2024, China has gradually tightened its vise on the island. While neither side wants war right now, both sides have found political utility in pursuing controlled provocations against the other.
Is America abandoning NATO, or finally turning to the ocean that matters?
A real estate bust the size of Japan’s, not yet halfway through. Xi holds the one tool that could break the spiral, and won’t use it.
The pig the Party once promised would stay cheap now costs more to raise than it sells for.
According to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian, authorities have imposed criminal measures against U Min Zin, though officials have not disclosed specific details about the accusations
The greatest threat is another surprise attack. Yet Iran signs because they approach this agreement with clear eyes, knowing full well it is unlikely to be respected and demanding concrete verification rather than trusting empty promises.
Iran and the US reportedly were closing in on an agreement based on Iran’s 14-point plan when the Israeli strike in Lebanon threw everything into chaos.
More than 1,000 Gazans have been murdered by Israel since the temporary ceasefire was declared in October 2025.
The message BidenWorld sent early on was that heterodox voices, even tepid ones, were not welcome. Consider the case of a respected expert on Russian affairs, Dr. Matthew Rojansky, who was then serving as the director of the Kennan Institute at the Congressionally-funded Woodrow Wilson Center.
