Join us for an engaging conversation with Artyom Lukin, an associate professor at Russia's Far Eastern Federal University, as he explains how Russia and China's escalating rivalry with the United States is bringing the two Asian juggernauts closer together.
Beyond the visible chaos, intimidation and attacks based on political disputes are becoming a growing feature in Hong Kong.
If a "phase one" deal is reached, the alternating cycles of escalation and truces in the trade war could change -- though deeper divides will persist.
Thanks to technology, increasing Chinese and Russian aggression, and postmodernist thought, more state and private actors than ever have the means, motive and cover to steal sensitive data.
New Delhi's rejection of the deal's proposed terms won't keep China from pushing ahead with the massive Asian trade agreement, with or without India.
As the trade and tech wars bleed into human rights issues, there will be very little room for compromise ahead.
By Reva Goujon
Beijing might be tempted to threaten the deal giving the island's exporters cheap access to mainland markets. But ending it would come at a cost.
The United States will petition China and Russia's help to restart peace talks with the Taliban, knowing that a stable Afghanistan is in its enemies' interests as much as it's in its own.
Protests and clashes between demonstrators and police have become a fact of life in Hong Kong during the second half of 2019. And the situation has reached a political stalemate. Protesters continue to push their five demands (the resignation of Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the release of all arrested protesters, an independent inquiry into police actions, the removal of the term "riot" and universal suffrage), and the government insists that it must oppose protests in order to uphold the rule of law. The unrest isn't expected to end anytime soon, so business travelers and others need to be more cautious.
While intended to safeguard its power, Beijing's renewed nationalist agenda risks leaving it with less room to govern and more enemies to contend with.
