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The Upcoming Dynastic Reset: Xi Jinping and the Succession Question
For more than a decade, Chinese politics has been defined by Xi Jinping. Since assuming leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)...
Mark Chin
4 days ago17 min read


Trumped! (Is Japan the first domino?)
There has never been any doubt that Donald Trump is a thundering paradox of a man whose mercurial nature and often contradictory policies...
Mark Chin
Jul 288 min read


Rue Britannia! (Keir Starmer, powered by A.I.)
Ok he’s managed to outlast both Liz Truss and the lettuce. Embattled British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer swept into office on a...
Mark Chin
Jul 1411 min read


Quo Vadis? The Balance of Power
There is much unknown and unclear in the days ahead since both Israel and Iran agreed to end what U.S. President Donald Trump has dubbed...
Mark Chin
Jul 78 min read


Duel in the Desert
On June 12th Israel unleashed a series of meticulously-planned strikes that damaged Iranian nuclear facilities and missile sites,...
Mark Chin
Jun 239 min read


The New Coalition of the Willing
For decades before and after the Cold War a collective defense pact in Asia between the U.S. was neither possible or necessary. Yet,...
Mark Chin
Jun 317 min read


The More Things Change (Don't believe the armchair strategists. It's still a Bipolar World.)
Too many current governments have subscribed to the belief that we have slipped into a multipolar world where the old order no longer...
Mark Chin
May 139 min read


Now for the Hard Part: Mark Carney's Improbable Victory
In 2019 (a time that seems in retrospect as far removed from the present as the dinosaur age) an official prominent within certain...
Mark Chin
May 512 min read


Moving Fast & Breaking Things
The news cycle can’t catch a break these days. The New Normal is that Donald Trump has put us all into a constant 24/7 treadmill fuelled...
Mark Chin
Apr 179 min read


I Will Survive: Fear & Loathing Across the Border
A popular song (2 million plus views as of this writing on YouTube) is a clever take on the classic “I Will Survive” by American Gloria...
Mark Chin
Apr 76 min read


The New Rules of War
Donald Trump may indeed regard “tariff “as the “most beautiful word in the dictionary,” but his exuberance for it reflects a broader...
Mark Chin
Apr 110 min read


A Multipolar Myth
One of the most persistent arguments put forward by politicians, diplomats, and observers of international politics is that the world is...
Mark Chin
Mar 249 min read


Mr. Prime Minister (but for how long?)
Into this unprecedented moment in Canadian and world history, political neophyte Mark Carney enters. It's been a long time coming. At...
Mark Chin
Mar 139 min read


Mark Carney's Run: The Prime Minister (?) from Brookfield
It’s human nature to look for saviors, especially when circumstances are difficult, solutions not easily available and viable options...
Mark Chin
Mar 37 min read


Singapore at 60 (SG 60): A Time for Choosing
For fans of foreign affairs and students of public policy, a kind of Rorschach test is to ask them about Singapore and wait to see their...
Mark Chin
Feb 1711 min read


The New Space Race: A.I.
For once, one could not accuse Donald Trump of exaggeration. The arrival of budget Chinese chatbot DeepSeek to rival ChatGPT is nothing...
Mark Chin
Feb 65 min read


Trumped! (The Trade War Begins)
Voters like to complain that politicians either forget their promises upon election or water them down due “to unforeseen circumstances”...
Mark Chin
Feb 36 min read


We All Live in Trump's World Now (Inauguration Day, 2025)
The incoming US president Donald Trump generates torrents of diplomatic angst with seemingly outlandish statements about Canada becoming...
Mark Chin
Jan 199 min read


Oh Canada! (Justin Trudeau Exits)
Political leaders, like the products we purchase at supermarkets, all come with a ‘Best By’ date. Those who are sagacious enough to leave...
Mark Chin
Jan 137 min read


Ukraine 2025: Ending the Forever War
What will Trump 2.0 look like? From Brussels to Beijing, Moscow and Singapore, the whole political world seems trapped in amber and...
Mark Chin
Dec 30, 202414 min read
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