CUSEF Blog

The world is now talking about ‘decoupling’. While the U.S. is playing the ‘blame game’ against China, Sachs stressed that it is more than important to defend and protect multilateralism. “As a historian I think of the 1920s and 1930s as a time when nationalism became dominant and it led to global disaster. So, we really need to take the steps, no matter what the Trump administration ends up doing, for the rest of the world to protect multilateralism.” Read More

Earlier US President Donald Trump questioned China’s reported COVID19 mortality rate, saying “Does anybody really believe this number?” Dr Deborah Birx, coordinator of the US response to the outbreak, also criticized China’s reports data. Asia Times’ John Walsh argues: “China’s Covid reporting far from ‘unrealistic,’ close analysis shows China mortality rate in line with East Asian neighbors”. Read More

People are now envisioning the post-COVID19 world - the revitalization of multilateralism. The Japan Times’ Hal Brand says modest multilateralism is in America and China’s interests, while The Fung Group Chairman reminds that we must also reshape it in a way that recognizes and reflects the many dimensions of global interdependency. Read More

How will the world look like after the COVID19 pandemic? How will it affect the U.S-China relations? Here are what experts say today. Read More

Today the world is fragmenting, and authoritarian challengers are chipping away at American influence in East Asia, eastern Europe, and the Middle East. How can great powers can navigate their rivalries without stumbling into war? Bloomberg’s Nisid Hajari: don’t worry (yet) about China taking over the world. Read More