Taiwan’s Election Under China’s Shadow
The Democratic Progressive Party’s candidate is more conservative than his predecessor, but the best hope for progressive forces this Saturday is still a DPP victory.
Winter 2024
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The Geopolitics of Industrial Policy 
Is a new Cold War the price of admission for the return of industrial policy?
The Geopolitics of Industrial Policy
A discussion featuring Yakov Feygin, Daniela Gabor, Ho-fung Hung, Thea Riofrancos, and Quinn Slobodian.
Trapped by Empire
The government of Guam has appointed a Commission on Decolonization, but U.S. control means that all of the island’s options, including the status quo, have substantial downsides.
The Post-American Surreal
In Bliss Montage, Ling Ma seeks to re-enchant a world whose catastrophes have grown monotonously real.
Night in Hong Kong
If Hong Kongers once hoped they could create their own future, that dream was crushed in June 2020. Deacon Lui’s work is about the uncertainty of how to move forward.
An International Spokesman for Chinese Nationalism
Eric Li, a Western-educated venture capitalist, now plays an important role in the media ecosystem of state-aligned nationalism.
The Need to Mount Long-Term Resistance to Totalitarianism and Ethnonationalist Chauvinism
Uyghur intellectual Ilham Tohti has been incarcerated for “ethnic separatism” since 2014. New translations of his work offer a primary source for understanding the material conditions at the heart of the Xinjiang emergency.
Coexistence or Carnage
If the conflicts of interest are real, and the stakes are felt to be high enough, then war between the United States and China is a real possibility, and our foreign policy must be oriented toward avoiding it.
Taiwan in the Crosshairs
Cold War metaphors have crept into the public discourse about Taiwan. These analogies mislead more than they illuminate.
Two Homes at War
For those whose hyphenated identities straddle a divided world, life is a series of compromises.
Insecurity Policy
American rhetoric during the first Cold War relied on an idealized image of U.S. institutions. Today, political elites are more likely to emphasize their vulnerability.
Tech Workers Lie Flat
Why is China’s internet industry putting an end to the grueling schedules that have fueled so much of its growth?
The Art of War
Like almost every other war film, The Battle at Lake Changjin is less a work of art than a social engineering project.
The Irrepressible Strength of Peng Shuai
By telling her story, tennis champion Peng Shuai revealed how a violent power structure hides its violence, and the perverse way in which it drags in its victims.
