Geopolitics
Ben Wray – The Dutch Confronted China. It Didn’t Go Well.
The story of the Nexperia fiasco tells us a lot about European decline. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
China
Climate Crisis
Lauri Myllyvirta – China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
China’s rapid transition to being a solar-powered industrial economy is one of the only sources of hope that the worst of climate breakdown can still be prevented. Lauri Myllyvirta is lead analyst at the Centre […]
Finance
John P. Ruehl – Technology Empires and the Race to Cement Dominance
The US-China tech duopoly risks polarising the world into two camps. John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is a contributing editor to Strategic Policy and a contributor to several […]
Environment
Matteo Trevisan – Dead Rivers and Vanishing Villages: The Scramble for Serbia’s Minerals
Serbia is one of the few European countries with abundant critical raw materials: that is drawing the attention of great powers near and far. Matteo Trevisan is a photographer and videomaker from Italy’s Friuli Venezia […]
Climate Crisis
The Belt and Road 2.0 – Interview w/ Mathias Larsen
Tim Sahay speaks to Mathias Larsen about China’s staggering investment in clean tech manufacturing outside of China. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Michael Roberts – IIPPE 2025: immigration and the world order
Marxist economic analysis of immigration, China, profitability and whether exchange value can be derived from knowledge. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog The […]
Geopolitics
Eldar Mamedov – Kaja Kallas’ shocking lack of historical literacy
The EU’s foreign affairs chief proves that ignorance is no barrier to career success in Brussels. Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign policy expert and Non-resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute. Cross-posted from Responsible Statecraft […]
Climate Crisis
Lauri Myllyvirta – Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1%
The good news story of our times: China’s clean energy revolution, which is cutting CO2 around the globe. In ‘Carbon Brief’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Politico – ‘Donald is right’ and China is the problem, EU chief says
Ursula Von Der Leyen will be remembered by historians as a key player in Europe’s decline. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Adam Tooze – How China’s powerslide is driving the global green electricity transition
Maybe the only good news story in the world today is China’s remarkable green transition, which has already led the industrial giant past its peak in CO2 emissions. Read the article HERE.