Michael Auslin, NRO
The first rule of China in pop culture: Never criticize China.
Rachel Sylvester, Times of London
In The Art of The Deal Donald Trump argued that the secret of success was to play to people's fantasies. The trick, he wrote, is to present the biggest and most spectacular version of your...
Marvin Hier, Jerusalem Post
If this trend continues, sometime in the near future other polls might show the majority of millennials claiming that there never was a Holocaust.
Austin Bodetti, The Diplomat
In the energy sector especially, Bangladesh aims to exploit the balance of power between China and India.
Lily Kuo, Guardian
Guardian and Bellingcat investigation finds more than two dozen Islamic religious sites partly or completely demolished since 2016
Peter Pomerantsev, The American Interest
Part of Zelensky's appeal is that he offers a way for people who still feel close to Soviet and Russian pop culture to become politically European.
Klaus Mhlhahn, ChinaFile
Spring 2019 is marked by a series of sensitive anniversaries for China: Beijing is visibly nervous that the 30th anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen massacre could trigger protests. But it is also concerned about the 100th anniversary of the lesser known May 4 movement, which inspired the 1989 protests and called for greater participation and more transparency in political affairs. Like in 1989, in 1919 it was mainly students who took to the streetsbut as the protests continued... Читать дальше...
Ian Buruma, Project Syndicate
Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking ...
Tom Rogan, Wash. Examiner
In his new book "The Shadow War," CNN's Chief National Security correspondent Jim Sciutto explores China and Russia's secret war against the U.S.-led international order. Though readable and well-sourced, the book isn't comfortable reading.
