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Paulson Warns Against Continued U.S., China `Decoupling’

Nov.21 — Hank Paulson, chairman of the Paulson Institute and former U.S. Treasury Secretary, discusses his concerns about the deterioration of the relationship between the U.S. and China. “Decoupled economies doom themselves to multi-dimensional conflict,” Paulson said in a speech at Bloomberg’s New Economy Forum in Beijing.

Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer Book Discussion

Against the backdrop of recent allegations leveled against Huawei and other Chinese entities, the nature and scope of the Communist Party of China’s (CCP) secret operations overseas, including traditional espionage, influence operations, industrial espionage, and intellectual property theft have never been more important, yet this topic remains widely misunderstood and understudied. In their new book, Chinese Communist Espionage: An Intelligence Primer, co-authors Peter Mattis and Matt Brazil focus on the world of Chinese espionage both past and present, enabling a better understanding of how important its influence is, both in China and abroad.

Russia: The Empire Strikes Back

It’s 30 years since the tumultuous events of 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell, the Iron Curtain lifted and the Soviet empire began to crumble. Our Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg has travelled across Europe to examine how Russia views the events of 1989, and how Moscow is trying to regain influence.