China isn’t blinking on tariffs; inflation and recession loom globally. The US has three choices moving forward, all extremely tricky, while Beijing waits and reacts, fighting a trade guerrilla. Over the past week, US officials have stated that talks with China on tariffs have begun, only for Beijing to deny it each time. The Trump […]
Markets are very volatile, trust in the US is slipping, and a trend towards multi-alignment could disrupt the existing international architecture. The Vatican will also be confronted with these problems Pope Francis’s funerals on Saturday 26 will end a very turbulent few days when American markets rose and slipped following US rumors of ongoing trade […]
Trump is fumbling his tariff war, but US troubles are real and must solved, or the world will be in chaos. China is thinking after itself and offers no alternative Chinese President Xi Jinping might feel relatively secure in the escalating tariff dispute with the United States, believing that President Donald Trump will falter first, […]
It will be a long and harsh winter if the US is ready for China, but America could prevail. If it’s not, China might win, or it might be chaos China remains resolute in the face of US tariffs, challenging the United States to engage in a comprehensive trade war that could disrupt both economies. […]
Is Beijing running a risky bet? If tariffs work for the US, its economy could implode. It might think a war could change things. Xi’s internal enemies may push for it, hoping for a reshuffle China has doubled down against US tariffs, apparently wagering that two outcomes will emerge: first, that the world will unite […]
An atomic race is underway, unintentionally triggered by the US’ sudden plans to shrink its international commitments. No one will win. Perhaps a new political fabric is being woven. US allies in Asia fear losing their nuclear umbrella because US President Donald Trump suggested some global disengagement. Without the umbrella, as seen with Ukraine, a […]
Group thinking, social media, and esoteric information converge in the West and China, but Beijing might do it better. The risk of autocracy is in the control of information. It could stifle it all, as the freedom of thought generated modernity. It may look like something that happened in Rome. For two decades, Italian politics […]
