Larry Diamond calls on the democracies of the world to counter China’s sharp-power activities.

It’s a complicated world—one in which an ascendant China threatens American concerns, fighting has recommenced in the Middle East, and the US government may not be suitably prepared for future cyberattacks. Robert Gates, secretary of defense in both the Obama and Bush 43 presidential administrations, joins Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster, and John Cochrane to discuss the state of world affairs, US cybersecurity, and America’s global vision (or lack thereof).

Niall Ferguson puts the 2020 pandemic into perspective and explains why we are getting worse, not better, at handling disasters.

Eighteen countries, along with a group of human rights groups, had to hold a virtual event outside of official United Nations meetings in order to publicly denounce the People’s Republic of China over their crimes against Uyghurs.