International Relations

The Diplomat: Explaining China’s Diplomatic Strategy on Ukraine

China has been sending strong signals that it plans to use its economic clout to bring Ukraine to the bargaining table – to Russia’s benefit. By Jianli Yang - Mar 21, 2023 China’s leader Xi Jinping is in Moscow this week, where he will meet with Russian President...
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Yibao.net: It is Time for a Values-Based Economic “NATO”

By Jianli Yang - Mar 28, 2023 Introduction The past two decades have witnessed a severe “democratic drought” worldwide. Not only have established democracies struggled to ensure the healthy functioning of democratic processes and institutions at home, but democracy is...
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The Hill: The government cannot win at cyber warfare without the private sector

By Jianli Yang - Feb 27, 2023 On Feb. 17, the FBI announced that it is investigating a hack of its computer network. This hacking follows a 2020 Russian cyber espionage operation on many federal networks, a 2015 Chinese hacking of the Office of Personnel Management...
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The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 Cannot Stop

Feb 27, 2023 The Energy Department has concluded based on new intelligence that the pandemic began in a Chinese lab, according to a memo recently provided to the White House and members of Congress, and obtained by the Wall Street Journal. The agency now joins the FBI...
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