China

William Jefferies — China’s Great Power status is contested by two groups of Marxists: those who view it as socialist and those who deny its challenge to US hegemony. Neither argument stands up to scrutiny.

Blanca Missé looks at inter-imperialist rivalry today, the need to oppose all imperialisms and the case for a class-based internationalism.

Blanca Missé argues for reclaiming Lenin’s method for analysing imperialism and suggests updates, particularly on understanding China and Russia’s global status.

Adam Hanieh — The struggle against fossil capitalism is inseparable from struggles for justice in the Middle East.

Benjamin Selwyn argues that geopolitical rivalries have stimulated the development of advanced technologies which in turn then have helped to shape global supply chains.

Philipp Köncke looks at how the Chinese party-state overtook the West in the renewable energy market.

Sam Gindin — Absent a left alternative, the US Empire decline’s is just as likely to increase nationalism and its dangers, from naïve working-class alliances with their bourgeoisies to devastating wars.

Eric Toussaint analyses the practical policies of the BRICS countries and the institutions they have established towards Israel and its genocide in Gaza.

William Jefferies explores the usefulness of long wave theory for understanding the current moment, how globalisation reshaped the world economy, and the coming period of crisis.

Despite the chaos, confusion and faction fights, the Trump administration is united behind one project — escalating imperial rivalry with China — argues Ashley Smith.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Russia’s war in Ukraine is not simply a geopolitical miscalculation or ideological excess, but a structurally embedded feature of its capitalist accumulation regime.

Gilbert Achcar discusses his new book ‘The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective’ and the political events that gave rise to it.