For the U.S. to maintain its influence in 2022, it will have to adapt to these increasing international and domestic pressures against its foreign military presence. Alternatively, the gradual withdrawal from its overseas commitments will make it harder for the U.S. to maintain its alliances and the international institutions it has crafted.
View More After Afghanistan, US military presence abroad faces domestic and foreign opposition in 2022
American support for conspiracy theories and armed rebellion isn’t new – we just didn’t believe it before the Capitol insurrection. Conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election and the strange alternate universe of QAnon helped drive the attack, which has prompted concerns about further domestic upheaval.
View More American support for conspiracy theories and armed rebellion isn’t new
The flag reveals what Bussa’s rebels expected their emancipation to come with complete independence from imperial rule and the blessing of the British monarch. The flag explains that in 1816, Bajans of African descent hoped for what was finally fulfilled on Nov. 30 2021 as Barbados officially became a republic.
By Lewis Eliot
View More It’s all in the flag: Bussa’s Rebellion and the 200-year fight to end British rule in Barbados
The newly constructed Indo-Pacific strategy, will further define the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on territorial disputes. The India-China conflict is a classic example of how the world’s most disparate cultures have met through power plays since the Cold War era.
By Augustine R.
View More India’s deployment of U.S. weapons: Does it portend a larger geopolitical conflict?
With relations between the United States and China near a historic low, the two leaders spoke for three and a half hours on a range of sensitive issues, including trade, human rights, and Taiwan. Little of substance was expected, but Biden said the two sides had to establish “guardrails” to prevent a clash, while Xi said he was glad to see his “old friend.”
By Ian Johnson
View More Takeaway From the Biden-Xi Meeting: Jaw Jawing as Success
With Brasilia faces a steeper uphill climb in bringing back FDI and reviving growth, red tape and doubts about the government’s ability to contain inflation and interest rates are lingering problems.
View More Brazil’s Difficulties in Attracting Foreign Investment
In the U.S. and Europe, China is widely recognized as a rising star that threatens Western power. But research on the country suggests China may no longer see itself that way, writes Andrew Latham.
View More Rethinking the US-China fight: Does China really threaten American power abroad?
In its Sept. 14 decision on providing U.S. military financing to Egypt, the Biden administration seemed to forget or disregard the recent past in ways that reduce any chance of inducing improvements in that country’s dire human rights situation.
By Adam Keith
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