Propaganda War: US-China Relations During COVID-19
After months of development and transmission, the current global has evolved from a regional virus to a worldwide public health emergency. Following the first case of COVID-19 in the US More
China’s New Aircraft Carrier: A New Threat to Southeast Asian Countries?
On December 17th, 2019, China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier, named the Shandong, was commissioned and put into service. It was the second aircraft carrier in the PLAN (People’s Liberation More
The Conundrum of Protectionism
During periods of economic or political upheaval, protectionist policies often gain renewed traction in domestic politics. Market volatility and economic hardships are easily denoted as byproducts of foreign competitors and More
A Free Pass for Trump: David Malpass and the Future of the World Bank
Former World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, stepped down in early January of this year, leaving open a highly influential position for a Trump nominee to fill. After about a More
What China’s Economic Slowdown Means for the Global Economy
China has long been one of the fastest growing countries in the world, becoming increasingly influential in finance and trade. For over three decades, China’s export industry alone grew on More
5G, Five Eyes, Five Arrests (so far): A Novel Strategy to Contain China Yields Mixed Results
It was a midsummer evening this past July when a storm began to brew in Nova Scotia. In the months to come, a handful of relatively unknown bureaucrats would carefully More
1, 2, 3, 4, Trump Declares a Trade War
The U.S. and China Are at War, and Tit-for-Tat Protectionism Is Their Ammo After decades of economic codependency, the United States and China have entered a full-blown trade war. Trade More