China’s GDP grows at 8.1% in 2021, the fastest in nearly a decade

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​global times​​​ By Li Xuanmin China's GDP has expanded at 8.1 percent in 2021, growing the fastest in nearly a decade and landing well above the government's annual target of achieving a growth rate →

Americans Should Prepare For Gas Prices to Remain High

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​national interest​​​ by Stephen Silver After rising for most of 2021, the average gas price in the United States started to drop in November and December. However, once the calendar flipped to 2022, →

The Lessons of the Nazis’ Wannsee Conference Should Still Haunt Us

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​ national interest​​​ by Jared Sorhaindo Sean Durns Eighty years ago, on January 20, 1942, fifteen men assembled in an idyllic lakeside estate near Berlin. The men were highly educated—seven held →

Hundreds of US-bound migrants in caravan stuck at Guatemala border

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global times By Reuters Hundreds of Hondurans and Nicaraguans on Saturday reached the Guatemalan border but were prevented from crossing by Guatemalan security forces, the first such US-bound migrant →

China develops world's largest quadruped bionic robot for delivery, reconnaissance tasks

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global times By Liu Xuanzun China has developed the world's largest electric-powered quadruped bionic robot, which is expected to join logistics delivery and reconnaissance missions in complex →

Muqtada al-Sadr’s Next Step In Iraq

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​national interest​​​ by Kamaran Palani In a dramatic parliamentary session on January 9, the new Iraqi parliament reelected Mohamed al-Halbousi for a second term as speaker. While the vote further →

Arms Control Plus: What Reagan Got Right About Nuclear Deterrence

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​national interest​​​ by Peter Huessy From early 1985 through 1986, the Reagan administration was faced with several difficult strategic nuclear deterrence challenges. Arms control, particularly the →

The Guardian view on Russia and Ukraine: what comes after jaw-jaw?

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​ guardian​​​ A week that began with low expectations has ended with a still bleaker mood. No one believed that three rounds of talks between the US, Russia and others would magically resolve the →

Is War Inevitable if Talks With Russia Fail?

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national interest by Mark Episkopos Russia and the West have emerged from three rounds of unprecedented security talks, but officials on both sides say little progress was made. The week kicked off →

More than 200 Olympic personnel to arrive in Beijing from abroad this weekend; city well prepared

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global times More than 200 personnel related to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games are expected to arrive in Beijing this weekend, an official from the organizing committee said the city is well prepared →

US new rare-earth bill another political move, won’t obstruct China’s development in the sector: experts

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global times A new rare-earth bill was reportedly introduced in the US Senate on Friday, aiming to force defense contractors to end the use of rare earths sourced from China by 2026. It is another →

The Navy Must Share Latest Aircraft Carrier Tech With U.S. Allies

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​national interest​​​ by Wallace C. Gregson Liberal democratic countries are stirring. On September 15, 2021, the leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced the →

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