The Olympics: Arenas of Contention

Summer 2024 / Essays

Political tensions simmered under the facade of international communion at the Paris 2024 Games as countries competed both on and off the stage

Messages to America

Winter 2021 / Essays

I look forward to a more positive U.S. posture in the world arena, however I also call on the international community to take initiatives toward reforming the international system. The matter isn’t an American issue or responsibility alone and should not be. It affects us all.

Will China’s E-commerce Reshape a Reopening World?

June 10, 2020 / COVID-19: Global Crisis

China’s advances in digital-buying make the nation a harbinger of how a post-lockdown global economy could look.

The Geo-economic Fallout of COVID-19 for the Middle East

April 23, 2020 / Essays

The COVID-19 coronavirus will cause long-term consequences for the Middle East; a combination of chaos in oil markets and contraction of gross domestic product will present challenges for years to come.

Rule of the Rigid Compromiser

Spring 2019 / Essays

President Xi Jinping’s populist leadership of China, six years on, has been a lesson in the art of mixing strict policies with flexibility—alongside the ultimate goal of growing his own power and that of China