China

US-China alignment under Trump and lessons from Ukraine for the Philippines
Reihana Mohideen — Like Ukraine, the Philippines could be reduced to a pawn in the US power play with China.

From confrontation to engagement: The strategic logic of US rapprochement with Russia
US re-engagement with Russia under Trump came as a shock to many, particularly its European allies. Dmitry Pozhidaev looks at the deeper strategic logic underpinning this apparent tectonic shift in US foreign policy.

Geopolitics of genocide: An interview with Rafeef Ziadah
Rafeef Ziadah — The genocide in Gaza lays bare the harsh realities of modern geopolitics, highlighting the mechanisms of power in a world shaped by imperial ambitions and the strategic exploitation of resources.

The meaning of Trumpism for Mexico and the world
Manuel Aguilar Mora — Trump proclaimed that his MAGA movement was the beginning of a new US. But where is this new US going?

Asserting a Philippine foreign policy of cooperative peace for the Southeast Asian Sea
Rasti Delizo — The geostrategic rivalry between the US and China sharply rages on throughout the Eastern Hemisphere, impinging on the littoral states around the Southeast Asian Sea.

Imperialism: ‘Antagonistic cooperation’ or antagonistic contradictions? A reply to Promise Li
Michael Pröbsting — Imperialism today is not a system characterised by “antagonistic cooperation” but rather by antagonistic contradictions.

Trump’s war on China in Latin America
Steve Ellner — Trump’s threats against Panama, Canada and Greenland, albeit unachievable, lay the groundwork for a more “rational” strategy of targeting China and singling out real adversaries such as Cuba and Venezuela.

Proletarian China: A century of working-class struggle
Chris Slee — From the struggles of workers on the Beijing-Hankou railway in the 1920s to that of the Jasic factory workers in 2017-18, ‘Proletarian China’ deals with a range of working-class battles over pay, conditions and union rights.

Egypt: Sisi’s weakness makes him more brutal
Robert Springborg on how the Egyptian dictator secures his violent rule.

Why is North Korea helping Russia’s war on Ukraine?
Won Youngsu — North Korea is an enigma in many senses of the word, but leader Kim Jong Un’s decision to send troops to fight in Russia’s war on Ukraine shocked many in South Korea and internationally.