Neither recent nor just a trade war: The background of the US-China conflict. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Many people may think that the conflict between the United States and China is recent and that characterizing it as a “trade war” helps explain its essence, but neither is true. Exalting this confrontation within the framework of these two particularities leads to ...
And China is ready to react. By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China “The best thing to do now is to declare war on Taiwan. Because Trump once said he would impose a 100% tariff on China if we did so. But the current rates are way higher than that. At least this way, we would reunify with Taiwan and also ...
The 21st century will not be won by who shouts louder, but by who builds smarter, collaborates better, and governs more wisely. By Mehmet Enes Beşer As the United States ramps up its rhetoric about China being the “preeminent geopolitical and technological rival,” a familiar but flawed narrative is once again dominating Washington’s policy discourse: that America’s challenges in innovation ...
Expectations regarding the new administration’s policy for the continent. By Hend Selim Dr. Colin Campbell, Communication and Culture Assistant Professor at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, talked about the future of the American policy toward Africa under Donald Trump’s administration. How do you expect the future of the American policy toward South Africa, especially in the light of the last developments? ...
Changing Priorities from the Monroe Doctrine to Trump. By Orçun Göktürk The foreign policy of the United States (US) has gone through various phases throughout history, establishing itself as a dominant imperial power both on its own continent and in other regions of the world. The evolution of US foreign policy, particularly through a strategy of dominance over maritime routes ...
This time, the adversaries are Russia and China, with the Arctic becoming a major battleground. By Latif Bolat The most recent and perplexing idea from the “unpredictable” President Trump has been his statements regarding Greenland, the Panama Canal, and Canada. This is interpreted as a renewed version of imperialist expansion of the US. They came at a time when the ...
Posted by by United World International 8 Min Read January 16, 2025 By Serhat Latifoğlu In late 2024, China’s 30-year bond yield fell below Japan’s 30-year bond yield for the first time in history. This drop, which brought 30-year bond yields below 2%, was the result of China’s slower than expected growth and the Chinese Central Bank’s measures to revive ...
Trump’s main foreign policy issues will be China, migration and energy, and his actions will be structured around them. By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein Two weeks before Donald Trump is going to be sworn in as President of the United States, I am going to venture to make some observations about the prospects of the new government, first regarding its foreign ...
A perspective from China and the region’s countries. By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China Donald Trump’s return to the White House could reshape the balance in Southeast Asia. The revival of the Trump administration’s “Indo-Pacific” strategy carries significant risks not only for China but also for other regional countries. For traditional US allies like Japan, South Korea, Australia, and India, a stronger ...
The US is reluctantly abandoning its attempt to maintain a unipolar world order. By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China Trump’s re-election highlights the weakening of current US hegemony, while also exposing a radical fracture in the US-led international order. Over the last two decades, US global hegemony has been seriously shaken by political, economic, and military crises and defeats. As the ...