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China-U.S. competition need not erupt into war
China believes democracy is in decline and the era of a unipolar world order dominated by the United States is all but over. In that context, one wonders where the world is headed, and if we are going to see a war involving China and the United States. Michael McFaul,...
Time seen as ally in sanctions vs. Russia
Are the sanctions, which have not deterred Vladimir Putin thus far, likely to be effective in Russia? Michael McFaul, an American academic and diplomat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Russia (2012-14), believes it might lead to the end of Putinism in the long...
Should citizen journalists be called journalists?
With every citizen possessing a smartphone and capturing footage of public events or social encounters that might otherwise remain shrouded in oblivion, our news consumption habits have changed radically. We once merely relied on the corporate media to present us with...
Newsletters: an increasingly crowded media space
With nearly 3,500 unread emails, it’s almost impossible to clear my inbox. I have been subscribing to more and more newsletters over the past years. Some are from big news media organizations; some are created by prominent writers on Substack. Newsletters have been...