Asia-Pacific Yellen visits China amid worst economic tension in decades Each side is blaming their own insecurity on the other and pursuing increasingly militarized efforts to fix it.Jake WernerJuly 08, 2023
Asia-Pacific What Biden means when he says we're fighting 'global battle for democracy' Knowing the true intent behind this slogan is key to understanding why it is so powerful among US leaders — and so dangerous abroad.Jake WernerApril 01, 2023
Asia-Pacific Washington inflates the China balloon threat The meltdown in DC risks turning into a self-fulfilling prophecy: Routine inter-state relations becoming a full-blown crisis.Jake WernerFebruary 04, 2023
Asia-Pacific US snub of Chinese envoy could boomerang now that he’s a big wheel — or not Beijing seems to be in no shape to hold grudges, so we should move on too and let more diplomatic heads prevail.Jake WernerJanuary 16, 2023
Asia-Pacific What Congress gets wrong about China’s Belt and Road Initiative The Strategic Competition Act making its way through the senate falsely paints the BRI as a nefarious economic tool meant to bludgeon American primacy.Jake WernerMay 13, 2021