On China and the West

American Affairs  4.4 (Winter, 2020)   There is something a little unsettling about a nation that deliberately sets about increasing its...

Quillette , May 24, 2020   Fear has been making some pretty foolish policy decisions in the last few months. In the US, the decision of...

American Affairs , Winter 2019   In a state where one may not criticize the regime, one learns the art of the unsaid. In China, as in the...

American Affairs , Fall 2018   Ex oriente lux.  With the spring academic term finished, I am in Japan and China, ostensibly to give...

American Affairs , Summer 2017   Meritocracy has become a theme of great interest in contemporary politics, both in Western and Eastern...