“This is our problem now, not China’s,” an Indonesian interlocutor noted amid a lengthy delay late last year on board Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway linking the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Bandung, which was built by China and began operation in late 2023. The comment highlights the complexities ofContinue Reading
In the early months of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has wasted no time asserting his combative “America First” vision of international politics – one that discards alliances, dismantles institutions, and replaces diplomacy with coercion. A good representation of this shift is the near-total dismantling of the U.S.Continue Reading
2025 began with unexpected news for the balance of power between Washington and Beijing in the technological field. DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, went public with a model similar to ChatGPT-4, casting doubt on the United States’ international leadership in this field. And technology isn’t the only area where theContinue Reading
