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International February 25, 2025

How Elon Musk’s deep ties to – and admiration for – China could complicate Trump’s Beijing policy

by Linggong Kong, Auburn University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Elon Musk holds an outsized influence in the new Trump administration. As head of his…

International January 14, 2025

Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the US

by Carla Martinez Machain, University at Buffalo; Michael A. Allen, Boise State University, and Michael E. Flynn, Kansas State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission]…

Map of Russia in Russian flag colors and map of China with a Chinese flag

International August 27, 2024

How US military planning has shifted away from fighting terrorism to readying for tensions and conflict with China and Russia

by Eric Rosenbach, Harvard Kennedy School, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Joe Biden’s recent approval of a major shift in U.S. nuclear weapons strategy…

International July 8, 2024

Cultural differences impede trade for most countries — but not China

by Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It’s a widely accepted notion among economists that cultural differences can pose a…

International June 4, 2024

China turns to private hackers as it cracks down on online activists on Tiananmen Square anniversary

by Christopher K. Tong, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Every year ahead of the June 4 commemoration of the Tiananmen…

International November 16, 2023

Dreams of a ‘broken up’ Russia might turn into a nightmare for the West – and an opportunity for China

by Susan Smith-Peter, City University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Do names on a map matter? When they are in border territories,…

Opinion September 26, 2023

Are American Workers Unproductive? And How Do We Compare To China?

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College When I was a teenager, the movie “Gung Ho” was released, which depicted the American manufacturing workers as lazy and…

International August 29, 2023

The US and China may be ending an agreement on science and technology cooperation − a policy expert explains what this means for research

by Caroline Wagner, The Ohio State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A decades-old science and technology cooperative agreement between the United States and China…

International July 24, 2023

Here’s how China is responding to US sanctions – with blocking laws and other countermeasures

by Bashar Malkawi, University of Arizona, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] After a recent meeting between U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and officials in Beijing,…

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