Why is the trade deficit with China such a bad thing? It seems we are trading our new iPhones and laptops for stacks of (imaginary) paper. Bad?

Colonialism is never impressive

I think Asian allies of the US increasingly believe they are dealing with a fundamentally racist administration. Can't imagine how they got that impression. But I've heard similar from Indians

Hong Kong: a comeback with Chinese characteristics — The Big Read on.ft.com/4m3bobl

I think about this student's email every day.

We will be doing an emergency podcast 415pm on the catastrophic events in Qatar. We really are now living in a world where so called strongman leaders think they can do what they want where they want with impunity. Hard to see how this does anything but make things worse. Link to

In which I argue structural unemployment can be conceived of as a form of structural injustice - perhaps increasingly germane given the rapidly unfolding developments in the automation of labour, or select tasks within particular occupational types.

The Israeli strikes on Qatari soil are unacceptable. They constitute a violation of international law and further threaten regional peace and stability in the Middle East. I express my solidarity with Qatar and Emir Sheikh Tamim Al Thani following the violation of Qatar’s

russia drones directly entering polish airspace—a first in the ukraine war and (whether or not intended) a major escalation.

El Ojo that’s terrible. Grok is this true?

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It’s cool how OpenAI has its own version of a situationship

Why China is not particularly interested in substantive mediation efforts in most international conflicts. TL;DR: Intentional ambiguity and bureaucratic risk-aversion.

So Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk’s killer, is neither a Democrat, nor transgender, nor an immigrant, but instead a 22-year-old white guy from a Republican family in Utah who loves guns and wore a Donald Trump costume on Halloween. — Did I get that right?

Today, Ukraine welcomed the first official visit of the UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Yvette Cooper. I am grateful that her first trip was here to Ukraine – a truly powerful signal of support. We had detailed discussions on urgent matters: next steps within the

Call for Submissions!📣 ASPI's #CenterforChinaAnalysis announces a new initiative to spotlight underrepresented perspectives on China's role in the world & to foster the development of the next generation of China watchers in non-Western countries.

Kishore Mahbubani Brian Wong youtu.be/6xC0ycoFOMw?si… What a great lecture by Ambassador @Mahbubani_k on August 27, 2025 in Hong Kong Dino Patti Djalal

Europe confronts a quasi-trilemma: i) preserving Ukrainian territorial integrity; ii) advancing economic development and staving off the far-right, and iii) strategic autonomy from US and CN. It must play its cards carefully to accomplish all three. scmp.com/opinion/world-…