WORLD ROUNDUPSovietology Is Back | U.K. Conspiracists & Terror Victims | China’s Nuclear Arsenal, and more
··Did Germany Learn from Its Russia Trouble? The Test May Come in China.
How not to fall into the trap again
··Back in the U.S.S.R.
Sovietology is back
··Olaf Scholz Has a China Problem
It’s high time for Scholz to change course and get serious about Xi’s China
··The U.K. Terror Survivors Tracked Down by “Disaster Trolls”
Conspiracy theorists say terrorist attacks on British citizens were staged
··Why Many in the Developing World Have Sided with Russia
Many developing countries support Russia out of resentment for the West
··China’s Nuclear Arsenal Will Become an Existential Threat to U.S., Biden Administration Declares
New nuclear strategy deletes one new U.S. weapon, keeps the rest
··A Republican Midterm Win Will Boost U.S. China Strategy
As far as competition with China is concerned, divided government could be just what is needed
Did Germany Learn from Its Russia Trouble? The Test May Come in China. (Katrin Bennhold and Erika Solomon, New York Times)
On the eve of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s first trip to Beijing, concerns are growing that economic dependence on China is leaving his country vulnerable — again.
Back in the U.S.S.R. (Robert Service, The Atlantic)
The end of the Cold War seemed to have made Sovietology obsolete. Putin’s hot wars have changed that.
Olaf Scholz Has a China Problem (Thorsten Benner, Foreign Policy)
Germany’s chancellor has insisted on an investment deal with China in contradiction to his own government’s strategy.
The U.K. Terror Survivors Tracked Down by “Disaster Trolls” (Marianna Spring, BBC)
Conspiracy theorists, who claim U.K. terror attacks have been staged, are tracking down survivors to their homes and workplaces to see if they are lying about their injuries, a BBC investigation has found.
Why Many in the Developing World Have Sided with Russia (Yaroslav Trofimov, Wall Street Journal)
Despite campaigns of conquest past and present, Russia has succeeded in portraying itself as a liberator resisting the designs of an aggressive West.
China’s Nuclear Arsenal Will Become an Existential Threat to US, Biden Administration Declares (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)
For seven decades, U.S. nuclear weapons policy has largely focused on one nation whose arsenal posed an existential threat: Russia. On Thursday, the Biden administration added China to that list.
A Republican Midterm Win Will Boost U.S. China Strategy (Michael J. Green, Foreign Policy)
Divided government could be just what is needed to unite Americans around the administration’s China policies.
