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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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July 16, 2023
United States
How Today Is Like the 1890s
The most popular historical analogy for current American troubles is the Civil War era. The second most popular is the Gilded Age. But where the 1850s do not meaningfully resemble today, the 1890s ce…
August 25, 2022
China
Taiwan: Tracing the Roots of the U.S.-China Standoff
The United States and China have both accused each other of changing the status quo on Taiwan, leading to a standoff. They are both correct because each country has a different perspective on what th…
August 15, 2022
China
Xi Jinping’s Guns of August
China’s response to Speaker Pelosi’s Taiwan visit was an overreaction of choice
February 15, 2019
Taiwan
The Looming Taiwan Crisis
Forty years of finessing Taiwan’s status may be coming to a dangerous end.
April 22, 2020
COVID-19
Is It a Crime to Mishandle a Public Health Response?
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to spark a wave of new laws intended to hold governments and businesses accountable for their public health responses during outbreaks.
