The pro-China camp continues to tout Hong Kong’s resilience, recently pointing to the fact that the city has reclaimed its position as the global IPO leader. But conveniently left out of this narrative is that resilience has come to depend on the direct intervention of the Chinese authorities.
For the first time, a great power has moved to price transboundary climate-driven harms–massive wildfires–and extract compensation unilaterally. What was previously a development, insurance, or emissions-accounting issue is now a security and trade dispute between two G7 economies, setting a precedent that others may try to follow. WASHINGTON, DC—Starting in mid-December 2025, southern Africa…
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American hegemony has given way to a global order based on rivalry and competition among several major powers, where there is no longer a fixed, codified set of rules. Instead, there is only economic, technological, and military power—the likes of which China is amassing faster than many observers realize. BERLIN—The era in which global order…
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NEW HAVEN—Hong Kong deserves credit for putting up a fight. In the nearly two and a half years since I expressed the apparently controversial opinion that Hong Kong is “over,” the city’s boosters have orchestrated a determined campaign to prove otherwise.