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 analytical errors and, to a greater extent, flaws in understanding the phenomenon and ...
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 reduce tariffs…” The above comment was ...
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 stem not from internal fragmentation, but from China’s rise. This storyline, amplified by figures like Michael Kratsios—recently nominated as Director of the ...
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? The future of U.S. policy towards South Africa (SA) ...
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 and ports, has taken on a new dimension ...
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 American empire is perceived to be in decline. Of course, Donald Trump is characteristically and ...
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 the economy. Western media was quick to exaggerate and distort this. Comparing ...
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 policy, especially after his arrogant, confrontational statements regarding Mexico, Panama, Venezuela and Denmark (for Greenland). In this regard, it ...
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 stance shaped by the US “containment of China” strategy will ...
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 US begins to lose its global dominance, it will abandon the traditional rhetoric ...