GREAT POWER COMPETITION TODAY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Great Power Competition Today For centuries, Great Power competition was based on formal empire and exercising de facto control over other c...

POWER STRUGGLES ENTANGLE THE VATICAN / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Power struggles entangle the Vatican Battlegrounds are alleged financial crimes, sexual abuse scandals and Pope Francis’s reform efforts Ton...

BEWARE THE LONG ARMS OF AMERICAN AND CHINESE LAW / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Beware the long arms of American and Chinese law A rules-based order is giving way to something that feels more like 19th-century imperialis...

ALARM SIGNALS OF OUR AUTHORITARIAN AGE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Alarm signals of our authoritarian age Martin Wolf reviews two important new books on Trump, strongmen leaders and the most disturbing po...

KING DOLLAR IS A DEADLY BUT DANGEROUS TRUMP CARD IN U.S.-CHINA FIGHT / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

King Dollar Is a Deadly but Dangerous Trump Card in U.S.-China Fight Powerful weapons can create blowback if the wielder isn’t on steady...

U.S.-CHINA TRADE DETENTE, BUT A MORE DANGEROUS WORLD / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

U.S.-China Trade Détente, but a More Dangerous World Some of the trade war’s aims were accomplished, but many weren’t By Nathaniel Tapli...

IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE BRUTALITY OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM, YOU HAVE TO START ON THE PLANTATION. / THE NEW YORK TIMES

In order to understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation. By Matthew Desmond A couple of yea...

TRUMP´S ECONOMIC WAR OF CHOICE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Trump’s Economic War of Choice It is only natural for a dominant power that finds itself in second place to experience self-doubt or a lo...