Singapore the Improbable VII
Stereotypes In Stereo

Business, money, food, and anxiety: all areas where there is similarity, if not identity, between diasporic Jews and Chinese.

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Religion and Politics
The Dalai Lama as Spiritual Leader

Alexander Norman’s new biography lifts the veil on the Dalai Lama’s spiritual role, showing how it has informed both his political efforts and the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to exploit controversies within Tibetan Bhuddism.

TAI Virtual Conversation
Paul Stebbins on Finding Common Ground

On May 19, 2020 Paul Stebbins joined The American Interest for a virtual discussion moderated by Craig Kennedy.

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The Death of Expertise
The Pandemic Politicized

There isn’t a liberal or conservative way to fight a pandemic. Why do we act as if it’s otherwise?

One Year Later
Volodymyr Zelensky’s Moment of Reckoning

After one year in power, Ukraine’s inexperienced President has made a series of unforced errors and succumbed to the same interest groups he once decried. It is time for a unity government to right the ship.

The China Challenge
What Kind of Regime Does China Have?

Xi’s totalitarian model has precedents in both modern and ancient Chinese history. But it was not—and still isn’t—inevitable.

Checking China
The Case for Clarity on Taiwan

Our policy of “strategic ambiguity”—in which neither China nor Taiwan can be sure whether the United States will intervene in a conflict—has outlived its usefulness.

TAI Virtual Conversation
Anne Midgette on Musical Criticism

On May 18, 2020, Anne Midgette, formerly the music critic at The Washington Post, joined The American Interest for a Zoom discussion about her book, challenges women face in classical music, and her career as a critic.

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A Literary Centennial
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Paradise Lost

In 1920, a young Fitzgerald wrote the definitive novel about the Big Man on Campus, one that both romanticized and satirized university life—and set him on the path to greatness.

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A Cinematic Centennial
A Century of Dr. Caligari

Robert Wiene’s Expressionist classic still retains its power 100 years later, with a timely parable of authority and social control.

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