Day: July 30, 2020

The West’s Hybrid War on Huawei Is Part of the New Cold War’s Tech Race

July 30, 2020 Opinion

OneWorld is publishing the extended answer that Andrew Korybko gave to Indian journalist Pushkar Banakar from the New Indian Express in response to the latter's question about the grand strategic cons…

China Is to Stay in Latin America and US Has No Choice but to Accept

July 30, 2020 Opinion

China has been increasing its soft power in Latin America since it began heavily investing in the region since the mid-2000s. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has taken an ineffective…

IMF Talks Collapse in Lebanon. Why That’s a Good Thing for Lebanon

July 30, 2020 Opinion

Talks between IMF officials and politicians broke down recently when it transpired that the latter wanted a ‘brown envelope’ in any aid deal. Don’t blame the politicians though. It’s all they know and…

Quincy Rides Again

July 30, 2020 Opinion

The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft think tank launched last November. It has recently issued a roughly 15,000 word manifesto entitled “Ending America’s Misguided Policy of Middle East Dom…

US Increases Pressure on China

July 30, 2020 Opinion

Despite growing domestic problems of various kinds (or even perhaps mainly because of them), the United States has ramped up the pressure on its key geopolitical opponent, i.e. the People’s Republic o…

Killing Democracy in America

July 30, 2020 Opinion

The phrase “thinking about the unthinkable” has always been associated with the unthinkable cataclysm of a nuclear war, and rightly so. Lately, though, I’ve been pondering another kind of unthinkable …

Ebb and Flow of Iran’s Influence in Iraq

July 30, 2020 Opinion

Getting caught between a rock and a hard place is an unenviable situation for a politician. A tragic case in modern times was that of Hafizullah Amin, the Cold War era Afghan communist politician who …

Aspirin & Your Heart: The Continuing Devaluation of Aspirin’s Resume

July 30, 2020 Science

For decades routine medical advice has endorsed aspirin for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Recent research has consistently chipped away at the justification for that advice. And now new re…