How Gen Z Thinks About Foreign Policy
Kyla Scanlon will join FP’s Ravi Agrawal for a wide-ranging discussion on world affairs and feedback loops between public commentary and policymaking. Kyla has been dubbed the “economic advisor for Gen Z” and has legions of social media followers.
Six universities received letters from Congress in March asking them to turn over information on programs where Chinese students participate and work. Academic workers speaking through their unions are demanding that their schools reject the requests. The demand for information on Chinese students is part of a growing attack by the Trump administration and its Republican allies on Capitol Hill.
China's Arctic ambitions
China has a research station on Norway's Svalbard archipelago. China is calling itself a near-Arctic state and has ambitions to expand its territory in the Arctic region. BBC World Service: China's Arctic ambitions and China's near-arctic ambitions.
Malaysia is the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The meeting in Malaysia on Monday will be followed by a summit on Tuesday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and leaders from the Gulf Cooperation Council. The GCC already has strong links with the U.S. and wants to be close to China too. ASEAN countries have been hit …
China ‘existential threat’ to US – CIA deputy director
CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis says China is an existential threat to US security. The current competition with Beijing is primarily along economic lines. The US and China are embroiled in a protracted trade dispute, which escalated following the imposition of tariffs on imports of Chinese products.
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May 24th 2025 Edition
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Ultimate Fighting Championship will hold its first event in mainland China since the Covid-19 pandemic on August 23 in Shanghai. The promotion has invested heavily in developing the China market and has a multimillion-dollar performance institute in Shanghai, but its ambitions were hampered by the tight travel and quarantine restrictions of China's zero-Covid era.
Economy Prof. Grimm: explosive wage warning for employees
According to economics, the German economy will not grow in 2025. Prof. Veronika Grimm (53) gives it a 4th grade. Chancellor Merz says a change in the mood is to be felt by summer. Grimm's fear is that the framework conditions will become more challenging for people. She would not increase the minimum wage to 15 euros/hour.
Trump and Bessent have a herculean task ahead of them in turning around the U.S. economy and gripping the deep state that promotes managed decline. Truss was prime minister of Britain and she wanted to rein in public spending to grow the economy faster than the size of state.