Category Archives: Power

The Trade War the U.S. Will Lose – Essay by Wolfgang Scholtes

The Trade War the U.S. Will Lose: How Competent Governance Is China’s Ultimate Advantage When the United States launched its trade war against China under the Trump administration, the political and media narrative was unambiguous: China would blink first. The U.S., so the argument went,

Botchers of Defeat? Interview with Holger Afflerbach

In his book “The Art of Defeat,” historian Holger Afflerbach examines the history of surrender and efforts to contain violence in war. But what about the “art of defeat” in present-day conflicts? Mr. Afflerbach, it seems that the art of defeat, which you have described

China and The World: The End of Realpolitik – By Ole Döring

Anyone who has been following the current reporting on the Chinese Communist Party Congress or the possible involvement of Cosco in the Port of Hamburg will have an inkling that German-Chinese relations are not in good shape. These days, China is all too quickly identified