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Wall Street Journal: We Want to Rebuild U.S. Relations With China

Wall Street Journal: We Want to Rebuild U.S. Relations With China

July 6, 2022 by: Maurice R. GreenbergShare this ArticleThe deteriorating state of affairs between the U.S. and China has destabilized the most important bilateral relationship in the world. Many Chinese companies do business in the U.S., as do American companies in...

The Arab Weekly: ‘Track II diplomacy’ could be key to peace

The Arab Weekly: ‘Track II diplomacy’ could be key to peace

June 20, 2022 by: Lin GaoShare this ArticleOne of the key tools of international peacekeeping of recent decades has been an unofficial but concerted effort called “Track 2 diplomacy”.  So named because it takes place outside of official, so-called Track 1 channels,...

Editorial: Zeroing out on zero-COVID

Editorial: Zeroing out on zero-COVID

June 2, 2022 by: William C. KirbyShare this ArticleThere is no such thing as “ zero-COVID.” As the Omicron variant spreads to China’s capital city, Beijing, the question is not if, but when and how, China will begin to “live with COVID-19” rather than continue to...

The Cipher Brief: Putin’s Ukraine Gambit: Why Now and What’s Next

The Cipher Brief: Putin’s Ukraine Gambit: Why Now and What’s Next

February 23, 2022 by:Kenneth DeklevaShare this ArticleFollowing a masterful combination of long-term strategy, gray zone tactics, hybrid warfare, and management of the information space, Russia’s President Putin has at last slipped up, and invaded sovereign Ukrainian...

David Firestein speaks on CGTN’s “The Point”

David Firestein speaks on CGTN’s “The Point”

February 21, 2022Share this ArticleBush China Foundation President and CEO David Firestein spoke on CGTN’s “The Point” with Liu Xin, reflecting on President Nixon’s historic visit to China 50 years ago this week. The discussion focused on what the global community can...

Barron’s: North Korea No Longer Wants America’s Attention

Barron’s: North Korea No Longer Wants America’s Attention

February 8, 2022 by: Seong-Hyon LeeShare this ArticleIt’s easy to think of North Korea’s latest raft of missile tests as another attempt to get the attention of the United States. That’s not the case. The usual frame of analysis on North Korea’s behavior needs an...

BBC World Business Report: WTO lets China impose tariffs on the US

BBC World Business Report: WTO lets China impose tariffs on the US

January 26, 2022Share this ArticleThe World Trade Organisation has authorised China to impose retaliatory duties on US imports to a value of more than 600 million dollars per year. Beijing had challenged American tariffs levied on Chinese exports ranging from solar...

The Hill: Who are the next generation of communist Chinese leaders?

The Hill: Who are the next generation of communist Chinese leaders?

January 15, 2022 by: Zoe Leung and Eric YangShare this Article2021 not only marked the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) but also the third resolution on party history, ensconcing Xi Jinping as a core leader on par with Mao Zedong and Deng...

The Cipher Brief: Negotiate Like Putin

The Cipher Brief: Negotiate Like Putin

January 14, 2023 by: Kenneth DeklevaShare this ArticleRussia’s President Vladimir Putin never attended Harvard Business School’s esteemed negotiation course, but in the current Ukraine crisis, he has performed brilliantly, and yes, he could teach Harvard’s finest...

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Our need for supply chain diplomacy

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Our need for supply chain diplomacy

January 9, 2022 by:John Kent and David FiresteinShare this ArticleThere was a time in the not-so-distant past when the United States and the People’s Republic of China had no formal diplomatic ties, and very few goods were traded between the two countries. That began...