A rare earths deal is China’s gift to Trump
Though he received no presents from Xi, Trump clearly enjoyed cavorting abroad and collecting tribute
China
Thursday
Wednesday
Trump’s Asian vacation
The summit with Xi will cap what’s been an absolutely delightful Asian invasion for Trump
Tuesday
Welcome to the Chinese century
The Asian superpower has already leapfrogged the US
Thursday
The UN’s ‘climate crisis’ tax
Countries deemed ‘vulnerable’ to climate change would receive payments
Tuesday
You want a peace of me?
Plus: Progressive airports won’t show Noem shutdown video
Saturday
The celebrity guide to selective outrage
Artists were once dangerous to tyrants, their art was truth-telling to power
Tuesday
How powerful is the China-Russia alliance?
In the new global order, the US must pivot away from Europe
Russia, China and the US are preparing for battle in orbit
Space is becoming more dangerous
Sunday
Why Trump must build a nuclear reactor on the Moon
The plan would be to set down a placeholder nuclear reactor and then declare an exclusion zone
Thursday
Tariffs and the psychodrama of Trump diplomacy
Politics is personal. And the psychodrama is exhausting, after all
Thursday
The Art of the Dealmaker-in-Chief
With Trump’s international agenda, scratch beneath the hilariously crazy surface and you find a more serious campaign to isolate China, China, China
Tuesday
China targets US citizens with biowarfare weapons
Beijing’s unrestricted warfare demands a nuanced response from Washington
Sunday
America’s next president must study Trump’s golden escalator ride
The question today is: what’s the next unsayable truth?
Tuesday
How Harvard lost America
The college’s main line of defense is old-fashioned snobbery
Wednesday
Will the new ‘communist’ leader of South Korea abandon the US for China?
Lee Jae-myung won the snap election on Tuesday by over eight percentage points
Tuesday
America no longer knows how to fight a war
At home and abroad, the question is no longer ‘which system is best?’ but ‘whose land is this?’
The anti-Semitism algorithm
China, Russia and Iran are fanning hatred online to undermine America
How China is out-innovating the West
The West, bloated on its own hype, now faces a leaner competitor
The frightening advance of China’s military capabilities
Close observers, including Putin, have noted Chinese military R&D has surpassed Russia and the West
Inside the struggle for technological control in South Africa
The larger concern isn’t domestic equity – but China