2024 Issue 16

Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran act as an alliance, whether European and American leaders want to admit it.  Each are aiding the others in overturning the international order and replacing it with an illiberal one.

Continuing Berlin’s trend of strategic mistakes, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz traveled to Beijing last week for a state visit even as Beijing’s support for Moscow and Tehran became even more widely known.  In Beijing, Scholz inked a deal to further enable Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers to undermine the German automobile industry.

The United States initiates a Section 301 investigation on the PRC’s harmful trade practices in the shipbuilding and maritime logistics industries.

The PRC’s unwavering support for Pakistan’s authoritarian leaders is further undermining security and stability in the Pakistani province of Balochistan along the country’s southern coast.