Predictions of American decline have become increasingly prevalent. The United States has run persistent trade deficits for decades, but its public debt now exceeds its annual economic output.…
How useful is a theory about power that consistently fails to explain what the world’s most powerful country does? In a few days, students in the United States…
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey became a target in online culture wars long before it was released. Much ado was made concerning its historical accuracy, largely from far-right posters on X. Homer’s Odyssey is one…
In his landmark speech at the World Economic Forum in January, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called on “middle powers” to jointly invigorate the international system. Such nations, he ventured,…
China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have recently renewed their commitment to each other during the 65th anniversary of their friendship, led by Chinese President…
Following the passage of five years from when President Xi Jinping first introduced the Global Development Initiative (GDI) to the world in a speech delivered during the 76th session…
At the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in 2024, President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) confirmed that Beijing and Africa had agreed to designate the…
Historical imagery is filled with cinematic circumstances around the surrender of a global power by a contending new hegemon. Great Britain became the foremost global empire following the…
China is leading the invention of non-Western international relations theories. With the expansion of its international influence and the growth of its national potency, it is transforming from…
In February this year, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in China. This was his first visit there since taking office, and he’s the latest Western leader seeking to…
