International Relations

The Hill: How to handle TikTok? Here’s an idea that hasn’t been discussed

By Times Wang & Jianli Yang - April 4, 2023 How should a free and open society deal with an outside force that doesn’t believe in openness? This is the issue posed by TikTok and WeChat. While we share the U.S. national security concerns about these Chinese-owned...
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The Diplomat: Explaining China’s Diplomatic Strategy on Ukraine

China has been sending strong signals that it plans to use its economic clout to bring Ukraine to the bargaining table – to Russia’s benefit. By Jianli Yang - Mar 21, 2023 China’s leader Xi Jinping is in Moscow this week, where he will meet with Russian President...
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Yibao.net: It is Time for a Values-Based Economic “NATO”

By Jianli Yang - Mar 28, 2023 Introduction The past two decades have witnessed a severe “democratic drought” worldwide. Not only have established democracies struggled to ensure the healthy functioning of democratic processes and institutions at home, but democracy is...
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The Hill: The government cannot win at cyber warfare without the private sector

By Jianli Yang - Feb 27, 2023 On Feb. 17, the FBI announced that it is investigating a hack of its computer network. This hacking follows a 2020 Russian cyber espionage operation on many federal networks, a 2015 Chinese hacking of the Office of Personnel Management...
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