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Category: Essay

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Prices China’s paying for ‘zero-Covid,’ Ukraine war

by Francesco Sisci May 4, 2022May 7, 2022

In July 1958, top leaders were already clear about the failures of the Great Leap Forward and the suffering of the common people. At a famous conference in Lushan, Marshal Peng Dehuai – a personal friend of Mao Zedong’s almost since childhood – pleaded with the chairman to stop the faulty plans. But Mao rejected […]

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Soul-searching and torment amid China’s Covid moment

by Francesco Sisci April 21, 2022April 26, 2022
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Kim birthday brings joy to nobody in North Korea

by Bradley K. Martin April 15, 2022April 15, 2022
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What peace possible after Ukraine?

by Francesco Sisci April 13, 2022April 19, 2022
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China’s three-pronged Ukraine problem

by Francesco Sisci April 4, 2022April 7, 2022
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Cardinal Richelieu explains Vladimir Putin

by Spengler April 2, 2022April 5, 2022
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History shows how elective wars ultimately fail

by Edmund Adam March 30, 2022March 30, 2022
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‘Has the West Lost It?’ revisited

by Scott Foster March 29, 2022March 31, 2022
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What is Russia to Us?

by Angelo Codevilla March 25, 2022March 30, 2022
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Putin puts Xi between a rock and hard place

by Francesco Sisci March 21, 2022March 23, 2022
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Russia puts China at an unwanted crossroads

by Francesco Sisci March 7, 2022March 9, 2022
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Why did Russia fire a missile at Babi Yar?

by Stephen Bryen March 2, 2022March 4, 2022
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A Ukrainian moment for Beijing

by Francesco Sisci February 28, 2022March 2, 2022
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The folly of Putin’s asymmetric war

by Francesco Sisci February 23, 2022February 27, 2022
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Losing Putin?

by Francesco Sisci February 21, 2022February 23, 2022
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Is the Ukraine ‘crisis’ just another US charade?

by Jack F Matlock Jr February 15, 2022February 25, 2022
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The currency of empires

by Francesco Sisci February 7, 2022February 11, 2022
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Richelieu’s ghost almost solves America’s problems

by Spengler February 4, 2022February 7, 2022
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Faraway war drums still send tremors in SE Asia

by David Hutt February 3, 2022February 9, 2022
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Germany faces new realities in Russia-Ukraine crisis

by Francesco Sisci January 31, 2022February 4, 2022

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