The democracies have woken up thanks to… Russia

13/04/2022

The war in Ukraine has engendered a confrontation between authoritarian and democratic regimes, and latter could emerge from it with greater stature.

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China’s great dilemma over strategy

11/04/2022

The gamble taken by Xi Jinping in supporting Vladimir Putin in his quest for empire is turning against China.

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The Olympic Spirit as a Totalitarian Tool

07/02/2022

The world of the 2020s is not that of the 1930s. Xi Jinping’s China is not Hitler’s Germany. But they have certain things in common…

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When China Closes its Doors Again

05/08/2021

After four decades of spectacular expansion, China is taking a step backwards. This is a real opportunity for the free nations.

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China – 100 years of Communism

06/05/2021

Chinese ambitions are still ideological, but they have also become economic and technological. Democracies must form an alliance in order to contain them.

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The archipelization of the world

14/09/2020

Whilst economic factors brought globalization into being, it is politics and the divergence of cultures and values that are driving it to implosion.

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China and the boomerang effect

23/04/2020

The efforts made by Beijing to convince the world that it has handled the pandemic in exemplary fashion will not suffice to cover up its failings.

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Hong Kong’s challenge to China

24/06/2019

For the time being, Hong Kong has ensured its survival, but at the cost of a stronger political threat being held over it.

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China: the four counter-modernizations

14/01/2019

The major new direction taken by Xi Jinping, China’s President for life, is facing some serious obstacles.

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The new battle of the Pacific

26/11/2018

The Pacific region is asserting itself as the new center of the world. A new center where China has the upper hand because of a coherent strategy.

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Xi Jinping’s great leap forward

05/03/2018

The Chinese presidency is getting closer to a Maoist-inspired absolute power. Its objective: to gain world leadership.

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