“Everybody is saying, ‘Oh, why isn't China being so meek and so docile anymore? Why is it showing his teeth?’ The simple answer is that, it is what...
Dealing with a Dragon
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Stories
Has China Won?
The competition between China and the United States is the defining geopolitical reality of the 21st century. The evolution of its new Great Game...
The Ripple Effect
Jared Genser’s client list reads like a Who’s Who of democratic aspiration: Václav Havel, Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel, Liu Xiaobo, and Anwar Ibrahim...
As the World Turns
Jan Eliasson—Swedish and global diplomat, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, accomplished conflict mediator—considers himself a...
Happy (?) Birthday
The United Nations turned 75 this year—but the pandemic overwhelmed its birthday party. The UN, built in a different world, has succeeded in...
Our Wildlife, Our Selves
More than two decades ago, in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka made a connection that most of the world is only...
Cooperation, Competition, or Confrontation
Coping with a Dangerous World “I think that this is a period of increasing danger.” “You can draw a direct line from the unenforced red line...
Battlegrounds
General H.R. McMaster, a highly decorated U.S. military officer, discusses how he believes the U. S. and like-minded countries can maneuver through...
Writing on the Wall: Bahia Shehab
Historian. Street artist. Professor of graphic design. Bahia Shehab lives the future she believes in for her students: multi-disciplinarity. “I...