International Affairs - US-China Competition; Russia-Ukraine Conflict

SINO-AMERICAN COMPETITION

Xi Jinping’s China
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/xi-jinping-china-capitalism-60-minutes-2021-12-05/

What Really Matters in the Sino-American Competition?
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-china-competition-technology-alliances-by-joseph-s-nye-2021-12

The U.S.-China Relationship Has Entered a New Phase
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/06/us-china-relationship-diplomacy-after-biden-xi-summit/

Xi's nuclear frenzy aimed at shielding China's expansionism
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Xi-s-nuclear-frenzy-aimed-at-shielding-China-s-expansionism

China's Global Hybrid War
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-xi-jinping-three-warfares-by-brahma-chellaney-2021-12

Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly signed a secret $275 billion deal with China in 2016 to skirt challenges with government regulators
https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tim-cook-275-billion-china-deal-regulatory-crackdown-report-2021-12

RUSSIA and UKRAINE

NATO promised Ukraine full membership in 2008, but without explaining how or when. Putin sees that promise as an ongoing threat to Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/world/europe/nato-ukraine-russia-dilemma.html

Is Vladimir Putin preparing for war?
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/2021/11/is-vladimir-putin-preparing-for-war
 
What’s Driving Putin’s Ukraine Brinkmanship?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-troops.html 

Why Biden’s threat to slap Russia with more sanctions is unlikely to deter Putin in Ukraine
https://theconversation.com/why-bidens-threat-to-slap-russia-with-more-sanctions-is-unlikely-to-deter-putin-in-ukraine-173327