US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is halting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) while a review is conducted over WHO's role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of coronavirus. Trump has accused the organization of failing to adequately...

The raging COVID-19 pandemic not only challenges and tests the ability of countries to contain the virus but also has far-reaching implications for the international system, which has become a catalyst in accelerating the evolution of the current international order.

Towards the middle of the 14th century, the black plague hit Europe: about 60% of the European population disappeared. This sad episode had two fundamental consequences for the societies of the time. For one, the abrupt decimation of so many lives led to a greater availability of...

SHANGHAI – The global recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is almost certain to be far deeper and more protracted than the one that followed the 2008 global financial crisis. While many governments have pledged to bolster their economies with unprecedented monetary and f...

Throughout 2019, the single most important development impacting on Asia-Pacific regional security has been the intensifying strategic competition between China and the United States. As enunciated in its reports on National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy release...