America Has Lost Its Leverage Over China
How Trump and Xi Could Cement Beijing’s Advantage for Years to Come Henrietta Levin- May 13, 2026 The past year of U.S.-Chinese relations has been extraordinary and head-spinning. In the…
China’s Grand Military Parade: Power, Strategy, and the Message to the World
Ahmed Kamel | Aljazeera (4/9/2025) Translated and Edited by Sohail Media On September 3, 2025, Beijing’s Tiananmen Square became the stage for the largest military parade in modern Chinese history.…
Military parades and memory wars: China and Russia commemorate history to reimagine international order
Kainan Gao and Margaret M. Pearson- Brookings August 27, 2025 The People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia share an obsession with history, an obsession played out in military parades.…
Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode
Jonathan Freedland- Guardian Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is Fri 29 Aug 2025…
Tehran’s Message to Trump: ‘Stop Listening to Bibi’
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the 12-day war, Western sanctions, and a pathway to nuclear talks. By Ravi Agrawal, the editor in chief of Foreign Policy. August…
Humiliation, vindication—and a giant test for India
Trump has triggered a trade and defence crisis: how should Modi respond? IT IS UNUSUAL to experience humiliation, vindication, and a defining test all at the same time. But that…
America’s Coming Crash
Will Washington’s Debt Addiction Spark the Next Global Crisis? Kenneth S. Rogoff– Foreign Affairs September/October 2025- Published on August 19, 2025 Article Summary: The United States faces a looming debt…
Summary of Ravi Batra’s “End Unemployment Now”
Introduction to the Book and Author Ravi Batra, an Indian-American economist and professor at Southern Methodist University, is a prominent voice in critiquing contemporary economic structures. Known for bestselling works…
The New Economic Geography: Who Profits in a Post-American World?
Adam S. Posen: September/October 2025- Foreign Affairs Summary of article: The post-American world economy has arrived. U.S. President Donald Trump’s radical shift in economic approach has already begun to change…
Pile of Planes ‘Cannibalized’ for Parts at Iran Airport Stuns Internet
What happened later after publication: 🛫 Iran’s Aviation Sector After Biden and Trump’s Return: Diplomacy as a Pretext for Attack Following the publication of the original article in 2022, the…