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Oct 20, 2019

The dangers of neglecting allies

By Frederick Kempe

President Trump’s maximum pressure and Iran’s escalating responses have increased the risks of conflict. They have also brought a new chance of resolution that may become the most significant test yet of President Trump’s ability to transform his disruptive foreign policy into positive outcomes.

Europe & Eurasia European Union

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Sep 28, 2019

China at 70: Xi’s bold bet

By Frederick Kempe

With every day, China’s leadership is more openly demonstrating its desire and capability to shape the global future in the face of a distracted America.

China

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Sep 21, 2019

Trump’s Iran test: Nerves and vision

By Frederick Kempe

President Trump’s maximum pressure and Iran’s escalating responses have increased the risks of conflict. They have also brought a new chance of resolution that may become the most significant test yet of President Trump’s ability to transform his disruptive foreign policy into positive outcomes.

Defense Policy Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

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Sep 14, 2019

Abu Dhabi dispatch: The great Sino-US decoupling

By Frederick Kempe

Delegates at this year’s World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi UAE continued to worry about the US-Chinese trade war. At the same time, however, they were shifting more focus to the more momentous and generational event of a US-Chinese economic decoupling.

China Energy Markets & Governance

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Jul 27, 2019

Trump’s Iran moment

By Frederick Kempe

President Trump’s maximum pressure and Iran’s escalating responses have increased the risks of conflict. They have also brought a new chance of resolution that may become the most significant test yet of President Trump’s ability to transform his disruptive foreign policy into positive outcomes.

Iran

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Jul 13, 2019

Fighting the wrong war

By Frederick Kempe

If ever there was a “wrong war at the wrong time,” the transatlantic trade conflict that’s boiling this summer defines it. 

Economy & Business European Union

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Jul 6, 2019

Special edition: saving democracy

By Frederick Kempe

Dangers are accelerating to the democratic ideals that the American Revolution inspired.

China Politics & Diplomacy

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Jun 27, 2019

Special G20 edition: Historic test for a world adrift

By Frederick Kempe

The nineteen leaders of the world’s largest economies and the European Union gather as history’s tectonic plates shift underneath them.

China Economy & Business

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Jun 15, 2019

Putin muscles into Africa

By Frederick Kempe

What the CAR story provides is yet further evidence that America’s autocratic rivals, both Russia and China, are acting with greater operational creativity and strategic purpose than their counterparts – in this case France and the United States.

Africa Russia

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Jun 9, 2019

Trump’s risky trade game

By Frederick Kempe

The effectiveness of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented weaponization of tariffs in addressing non-trade issues is facing its most significant tests yet in Mexico and China.

China Economy & Business