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How Democrats Can Win Again: Go Back to the Future
A defeated Democratic incumbent. A charismatic Republican outsider. An election roiled by economic turmoil and violence somewhere in the...
Mark Chin
Oct 6, 20256 min read


We Don't Need Another Hero...
The assassination of Charlie Kirk has sparked a cacophony of condemnations and grief from leaders across the political spectrum within...
Mark Chin
Sep 15, 20257 min read


The Distemper of our Times
This year, Europe celebrated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the beginning of what came next. The declaration of...
Mark Chin
Sep 9, 202514 min read


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
Aug 25, 202517 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 28, 20258 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 14, 202511 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 7, 20258 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 23, 20259 min read


The Mission of Donald Trump
“I’m supposed to be dead,” Donald Trump said, the day after a would-be assassin's bullet clipped his right ear at his 2024 rally in...
Mark Chin
Jun 9, 202512 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 3, 202517 min read


The BiPolar Chips Wars
To a company like Nvidia with a nearly $3 trillion valuation, even an unexpected cost of a few billion dollars might be somewhat small in...
Mark Chin
May 19, 20258 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 13, 20259 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 5, 202512 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 17, 20259 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 7, 20256 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 1, 202510 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 24, 20259 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 13, 20259 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 3, 20257 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 17, 202511 min read
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