Ukraine is Beijing’s biggest quagmire, and there is no easy way out. A Russian victory is unlikely, and a prolonged war would bleed China politically and economically—unless the Western political front collapses, mesmerized by its ghosts. But then it’d be a different story. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told the EU’s top diplomat on […]
When will an eruption occur in China? Is Beijing more similar to Vesuvius or Etna? A flow of questions and maybe some advice for Trump – you’ll get what you want without much effort. What’s brewing in China? Many ordinary people, who see the value of their homes sliding, their children unemployed, or who have […]
The Ayatollah’s defeat puts more pressure on Moscow and Beijing. Yet, consequences may not be linear. America needs a comprehensive strategy for China. As US President Donald Trump announces the agreement on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, the war in the Middle East has officially ended, and the ayatollahs have lost it. Still, as […]
The regime is falling apart, and this could trigger tidal changes not only in the region but globally. America and China could be the first to take notice. After a week of “long-distance” fighting, Iran is crumbling. Russia, overstretched in Ukraine, can’t offer help. China, after failures in Ukraine and Gaza—where it believed Moscow and […]
The lesson from the US crackdown on protests could be different in Beijing—suppressing uprisings without suppressing opposition would be a theological turn, akin to that with the Vatican. The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported that: “Chinese state media have sought to portray the escalating Los Angeles protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies […]
AI requires more, not less, human intervention, more natural intelligence, not less, more soul and life, as history has proved since the inception of the Industrial Revolution. Do AIs dream of electric sheep? The flicker of light at the end of the screen, the erratic behavior of a program, and the odd mistakes in an […]
Democracy is not perfect. It has flaws that were apparent to the ancient Greeks and that modernity has attempted to rectify. Present challenges may require those fixes again. Democracy was born with an existential flaw, as the Hellenist Luciano Canfora warns. The rabble (perhaps a more accurate translation of the ancient Greek demos than “the people”) elects its leader. […]
