Media Type: Article
The executive director of the Center for Russian Studies at East China Normal University argues that the Ukraine war is the “inevitable result of the long-term squeezing of Russia’s security space by the United States and NATO,” built out of “long-standing historical grievances.” As a prognosis, he argues that the conflict will result in a fundamental transformation in the European security architecture.
Although Russia prepared its economy to withstand the effects Western sanctions in the past, the harsher measures imposed as a result of the war in Ukraine may lead to long-term economic woes, argues a Eurasia researcher at China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, a leading think tank overseen by the Ministry of State Security.
One of China’s senior-most industry and technology regulators summarizes China’s progress in technological advancement since the 18th Party Congress in 2012.
An assessment of China’s high tech manufacturing capabilities by a researcher from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
An excerpt from a speech given by a noted Chinese engineer highlighting several deficiencies in China’s manufacturing and R&D capacity.
This is a lengthy analysis from news outlet Xinhua discusses the policies and strategies Beijing is putting in place to transform China into a global high-tech “superpower” by 2035. The author argues that China’s science and technology innovation model has been in “catch-up mode” for some time, seeking to imitate innovations from developed countries, which has led to an underinvestment in basic research and a “lack of originality.” Top-down support for the development of specific key technologies and fields is needed, the author suggests, as is organizational and regulatory change to develop an ecosystem supportive of greater innovation.
Analysis of China’s increasingly complicated international strategic environment by a senior official at the Central Party School, the Communist Party’s premier cadre training facility.
A top Europe expert at a state security-linked think tank argues that the reputation and credibility of the United States have been eroded by domestic disfunction and polarization.
An analysis in the reliably nationalist Global Times by a senior political scientist from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences argues that American democracy is being subsumed by dysfunctionality and internal chaos.
A researcher at the CCP Central Party School argues that the January 6th riot at the Capitol Building “exposed the myth of ‘American democracy.'”