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Orville Schell

Orville Schell

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Orville Schell, Director of the Center on US-China Relations at the Asia Society, is a co-editor (with Larry Diamond) of Chinese Influence and American Interests: Promoting Constructive Engagement.

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  1. China’s World – or Europe’s?
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    China’s World – or Europe’s?

    Apr 7, 2025 Orville Schell urges Europeans to dispel wishful thinking about what the post-American world will require of them.

  2. Trump’s Cultural Revolution
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    Trump’s Cultural Revolution

    Feb 19, 2025 Orville Schell sees obvious and troubling parallels between the US president and Mao Zedong.

  3. Xi Jinping’s Chinese Tragedy
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    Xi Jinping’s Chinese Tragedy

    Mar 24, 2023 Orville Schell interviewed by Irena Grudzińska Gross about the country's increasingly worrisome trajectory, both at home and abroad.

  4. Putin and Xi's Imperium of Grievance
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    Putin and Xi's Imperium of Grievance

    Mar 1, 2022 Orville Schell thinks the Russian and Chinese leaders will remain committed to a Leninist narrative of victimization.

  5. Combating China’s Influence Operations
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    Combating China’s Influence Operations

    Nov 4, 2019 Orville Schell & Larry Diamond advocate a strategy of constructive vigilance to protect the integrity of US institutions.

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    Will Qatari Gold Sink Netanyahu?

    Konstanty Gebert

    Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to fire the country's internal security chief has raised suspicions, given that the move comes just after the launch of an investigation into a new scandal involving his own aides. Israelis are right to worry that they could now be heading for a constitutional crisis.

    explains the latest scandal to hit Israel's increasingly illiberal, norm-breaking government.
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    The US and Russia Are Negotiating in Bad Faith

    Nina L. Khrushcheva thinks the Kremlin is laying the groundwork for a highly favorable deal on the Ukraine war.
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    Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Demands More Than Competitiveness

    Marietje Schaake & Max von Thun warn that the European Union’s deregulatory push could undermine its autonomy and fundamental values.
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    How Should Africa Respond to Foreign-Aid Cuts?

    Ifeanyi M. Nsofor touts the potential of foreign remittances to sustain public services as external support shrinks.
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    How Should China Respond to Trump’s Tariffs?

    Huang Yiping urges Chinese policymakers to fill the leadership vacuum created by America’s protectionist turn.
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    Who Will Drive the Post-American Global Economy?

    Jim O'Neill considers what other large economies can do to offset the effects of the Trump administration's trade warfare.
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    Health Is Wealth in a Geriatric World

    Hippolyte Fofack

    The Global South is increasingly at risk of growing old before becoming rich, which implies huge social and economic costs. To avert this outcome, the Hevolution Foundation, a nonprofit backed by the Saudi royal family, has begun to support research focused on lengthening healthspans – the period of life spent in good health.

    explains why increasing “healthspans” to match lifespans is a moral and economic imperative.
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    Europe’s Democrats Must Forge a Will to Fight

    Wojciech Przybylski & Goran Buldioski think European leaders' most urgent security task is to nurture citizens' resolve to defend their countries.
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    Governments Are Not Startups

    Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel explain why ongoing efforts to run the state like a business are doomed to fail.

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