Donald Trump’s presidency reminds me of nothing so much as the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s. At the height of the violence, a Serb friend said to me: “I don’t like [Slobodan] Milošević. I don’t lik ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-27
A bomb exploded outside the US embassy in Beijing on Thursday, wounding the lone assailant, Reuters reports, citing a statement from the embassy. But police described the weapon merely as a “firework ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-26
The historian Wang Gungwu recently observed that, whereas the West thinks in terms of ideologies, China has long thought in terms of systems. In today’s age of rapid and profound change – characterize ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-26
US President Donald Trump and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker agreed on Wednesday to work toward eliminating trade barriers on industrial goods. While negotiations take place on those is ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-26
Joan Didion famously observed that, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” Unfortunately, if you get your news about the United States from Facebook, Twitter, or cable TV networks, the stories ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-25
Since the beginning of 2018, German chancellor Angela Merkel, largely frustrated by Donald Trump’s foreign policies, has twice warned that the liberal world order, which is characterized by a rule-bas ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-25
The Trump administration on Tuesday promised up to US$12 billion in aid to US farmers to help them weather the impact of trade spats with China, the European Union and others. Under the plan, the US D ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-25
American presidents are supposed to take America’s side when dealing with other countries. When Barack Obama was (falsely) accused of starting his term with a Middle East “apology tour”, it was unders ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-24
US lawmakers cut measures from a defense bill that would have reinstated sanctions on China's ZTE Corp, abandoning an attempt to punish the firm for illegally shipping US products to Iran and North Ko ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-23
Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations on Sunday called for stepped-up dialogue to prevent trade and geopolitical tensions from hurting growth. Following a two-day meeting ...More
EJ Insight2018-07-23
俄羅斯總統普京早前在美俄峰會向美國總統特朗普贈送足球，當時特朗普表示會轉送給熱愛足球的幼子巴倫（Barron ...全文
