Highlights: Assessing China’s role in East Asia “For Beijing, international relations is about hierarchy and big-makes-right,” remarked Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell on December 2 at the Brookings Institution. The discussion focused on China’s ambitions and different tactics in East Asia, part of Brookings Foreign Policy’s Global China initiative. The event featured…
Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:50:20 +0000 The Saudi Aramco IPO breaks records, but falls short of expectations In January 2016, then-Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman announced that he intended to sell 5% of Saudi Aramco — Saudi Arabia’s government-owned oil company — in an international initial public offering (IPO) to fund Saudi Arabia’s ambitious economic reform plans. He expected to raise $100 billion from the sale, valuing Aramco at $2 trillion.…
Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:15:11 +0000 Highlights: Experts discuss the tensions between populist, nationalist, and democratic impulses Movements and politicians claiming the mantles of populism and nationalism have risen to prominence in democracies around the globe, including in Israel and the United States. As experts discussed at a Brookings event on October 7, both countries have seen dramatic challenges to existing norms in recent years as part of ongoing political turmoil, and…
Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:52:07 +0000 What the Washington Post gets wrong about the US and Afghanistan It is a serious charge to accuse U.S. officials of deceit and duplicity in their dealings with the American people. That is arguably what happened in Vietnam, to a large extent — helping explain why the 1960s were among the worst decades in American history in terms of domestic cohesion and trust. Now, the Washington…
Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:40:16 +0000 The Pensacola attack by a Saudi pilot: Implications for US-Saudi ties A member of the Saudi Air Force killed three people at Naval Air Station Pensacola before he was shot dead by officers responding to the scene. Brookings Senior Fellows Daniel Byman and Tamara Wittes each weigh in on what we know, what we don't, and what it could mean for U.S.-Saudi relations. Daniel Byman (@dbyman), Senior…
