Biden slaps new sanctions on China, but it won’t free Hong Kong
The U.S. must find ways of advocating for basic democratic principles without using them as a cudgel to bash Beijing.
The U.S. must find ways of advocating for basic democratic principles without using them as a cudgel to bash Beijing.
Two hearings this week revealed quite a bit of open-ended threat inflation and an embrace of military deterrence as the only solution.
The U.S.-Russia relationship is already on life support. Acting imprudently now could make it dead on arrival.
When it comes to China conflict, the United States will find that it’s a leader with few followers.
In 1984, a satisfied Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced her government’s agreement with Deng Xiaoping’s China over the eventual return of Hong Kong in 1997.
Hong Kong is slipping further into Beijing’s grasp and the U.S.’s options to help prevent that are limited.