COVID-19
The U.S. Military Is Already Preparing for the Next Pandemic
With lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pentagon is focused on the next one—from the hypothetical “Pathogen X.”
Trump to Reinstate Servicemembers Expelled for Not Taking COVID Vaccine
The Department of Defense mandated a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all members of the U.S. military from August 2021 to January 2023. President Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term on...
China’s Dim Economic Prospects
China’s economy is in a grim place these days, far from the past when many journalists and politicians praised Beijing’s policies and spoke of that economy’s imminent dominance. Beijing just...
Why Donald Trump Lost the 2020 Election
COVID-19 and His Handling Of It? – The 2020 presidential election was particularly unique. The coronavirus pandemic, a generational event with society-altering ramifications, was in full swing. The virus, which...
Hong Kong’s Economy Is Struggling. Will It Crack in 2024?
Hong Kong’s economy enjoyed a cyclical rebound in 2023. But wounds from COVID-19 policies, external headwinds from decelerating Chinese growth, and high interest rates have spoiled the party. With on-and-off...
Leadership Changes Reveal China’s Grand Strategy for 2024
China entered 2023 emerging from one sea of troubles, only to find itself embroiled in another. The lifting of COVID-19-related restrictions in November 2022 as a result of widespread protests...
Can Hong Kong’s Economy Recover from Its Covid Slump?
Hong Kong was one of the last jurisdictions in the world to reopen after COVID-19 at the beginning of 2023. The ensuing economic recovery was short-lived and softer than expected....
Is This the End of China’s Economic Growth?
After a strong start to 2023, Chinese economic activity has sharply fallen short of expectations. Exports have collapsed. Consumption, production and investment have slowed, while inflation levelled out and the...
Politicized Intelligence and the Origins of the Coronavirus
Public and especially political attention to the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic has not abated and recently increased. A House subcommittee held a hearing on the subject last week, and Republican...
Why Xi Jinping Is Paying a Price for Zero-Covid
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has backed itself into a corner. Its coronavirus control efforts, once largely successful, have outlived their usefulness. Not only is the extreme zero-Covid policy being...
China’s Covid Crisis Is a Mess of Xi Jinping’s Own Making
Chinese students and workers have taken to the streets, disgusted with the unraveling of the zero-Covid strategy heralded by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its leader, Xi Jinping, as...
Covid Public Health Emergency to Remain in Place
The Covid-19 pandemic’s public health emergency (PHE) status, which allows millions of Americans to still receive free tests, vaccines, and treatments, will remain in place past January 11 after the...