The Winter Games used to be less eye-catching than the Summer Games. Yet global attention has been focused on Beijing, which hosted the Summer Games in 2008, too. Why?

2022 is not 2008. In 2008, the West was warming to China. It had growing expectations of their relationship. Since then, the warmth has been replaced by a cold chill. China did not westernize in the manner that the US expected and required. Worse, China got stronger as the US gre...

World leaders scrambled to condemn Russia and to signal possible sanctions. This is how Time magazine and a series of Western media outlets reported since Tuesday, creating a wave of denunciation and measures against Russia for its latest move in the Ukraine crisis. But the repor...

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AftertopplingtheGhanigovernmentonAugust15,theTalibanmighthavehopedforquickrecognition,regionallyandworldwide,asalegitimatedispensationwithdefactocontrolovertheentirecountry.However,despitetheirbesteffortsandappealsmadetomajorglobalpowerssuchastheUnitedSates,ChinaandRussiaaswellas...