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The Ayatollah’s Waiting Game
The Iranian regime can’t afford Trump’s blockade. It’s praying America blinks first.
Amit Segal
We’re Sleepwalking Into a Taiwan Disaster
The question of how the United States would respond to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is not academic. It is the whole thing. And the answer, at the…
Eyck Freymann
Even as America Fights Iran, It’s Not Ready for China—with Eyck Freymann
What is Beijing learning from the war in Iran?
Aaron MacLean
51M
Can Trump Beat China by Winning in Iran? with Zineb Riboua
The specialist on China’s role in the Middle East joins Aaron MacLean to break down how Beijing is navigating the war in Iran, from energy dependence to…
Aaron MacLean
41M
Niall Ferguson: This Is How the Iran War Goes Global
As Trump sends the Marines to the Strait of Hormuz, he is opening strategic opportunities for China and Russia. Other choke points may soon be at risk.
Niall Ferguson
Lessons in Freedom—from Jimmy Lai and My Daughter Alysa
In 1989, I was on a ‘most wanted’ list in China. I thought about that when my daughter won her Olympic gold medal. And when Jimmy Lai went to prison.
Arthur Liu
How Iran Became China’s Weapon
Some argue Israel dragged the U.S. into war. But this conflict is bigger than Israel and Iran—it’s about China.
Rafaela Siewert
18M
This Isn’t Israel’s War. It’s America’s.
The U.S. went to war in Iran because Iran made itself a Chinese weapon.
Haviv Rettig Gur
The Children Are Our Future and They Want to Be Chinese
Plus, why ‘The Traitors’ is the best show on TV, the gay tech mafia, Dunkin’ buckets, and more!
River Page
The Car World Is Going Electric, Without America
After $50 billion in squandered investments, will U.S. auto companies finally get serious—or just watch while China wins?
Michael Dunne
Natan Sharansky: Jimmy Lai’s Sentence Tests the Free World
The 78-year-old dissident has been a leading voice in the struggle for a free, democratic Hong Kong. For that, he will spend the rest of his life in…
Natan Sharansky
Jimmy Lai Gets 20 Years. The Fight to Free Him Must Go On.
China made an example of Hong Kong’s 78-year-old titan of democracy. But pressure from the West could spare him from dying in prison.
Mark L. Clifford
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