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Illustration by Cristiana Couceiro. Sources: Bloomberg / Getty; … Taiwan Prepares to Be Invaded
If China wants to do something drastic, President Tsai Ing-wen told me, “Xi has to weigh the costs. He has to think twice.”
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John J. Custer When Biden Went to China
His engagement with Beijing in 1979 was shaped by U.S. superpower rivalry with the Soviets. Today, his Cold War adversary is China itself.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty A Third Nuclear Age Is Upon Us
North Korea’s moves to develop tactical nuclear weapons show that the slope toward a new era is steepening.
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Kent Nishimura / Getty Shinzo Abe Made the World Better
The assassinated Japanese leader was the visionary architect of a vital security alliance in the Indo-Pacific region.
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University of Chicago Institute of Politics; The Atlantic ‘Where Is the Line Where Immoral Becomes Evil?’
The Nobel Prize–winning journalist Maria Ressa in conversation with The Atlantic’s executive editor, Adrienne LaFrance
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Ryan Pierse / Getty Scenes From the 2022 Winter Paralympics
Images of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games after six days of competition
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Wang Zhao / AFP / Getty Is Taiwan Next?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes the frightening possibility of China seizing control of the island more real.
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The Atlantic The Seven Habits of COVID-Resilient Nations
South Korea has repeatedly suppressed the spread of the virus and kept deaths to relatively low levels.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty Can China Ever Reopen?
Xi Jinping’s first and only priority is political security, making a quick reopening almost untenable.
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Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty The Muslim World Isn’t Coming to Save the Uyghurs
As China prepares to host the Winter Games, it can count on the tacit support of majority-Muslim countries.
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Adam Maida The Experiment Podcast: Uncle SPAM
During World War II, the American dream was exported across the world, one SPAM can at a time.
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Lisa Marie David / Reuters The Duo Fighting to Preserve Dynastic Rule in the Philippines
Two of the country’s most notorious political families are teaming up for the upcoming presidential election to consolidate and control power.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Beloved Filipino Tradition That Started as a Government Policy
How sending 100-pound care packages to family in the Philippines became a cherished diasporic practice
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Getty ; The Atlantic China Wants to Rule the World by Controlling the Rules
The American monopoly on international rule-writing is facing its stiffest challenge since the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Ben Hickey The World Is Fed Up With China’s Belligerence
Democracies are no longer as worried as they once were about offending a fragile Beijing.
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Ben Hickey What Will Drive China to War?
A cold war is already under way. The question is whether Washington can deter Beijing from initiating a hot one.
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Samuel Corum / Bloomberg / Getty Joe Biden’s New World Order
The United States has allied with Britain and Australia to form a new anti-China grouping.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic How China Weaponized the Press
A small Hong Kong newspaper illustrates how Beijing uses the tools of a free society to suppress freedom itself.
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Adem Altan / AFP / Getty Wonderland Abandoned: The Swift Fall of “Europe’s Biggest Theme Park”
A massive theme park in Ankara, Turkey, closed after less than a year of operation, sits abandoned, a symbol of ambition, waste, and political turmoil.
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Illustration by Valerie Chiang ; images by Greg … China’s ‘Very Tricky Situation’
Beijing’s gloating over America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan masks a deeper anxiety.
