Commentary The following essay is an excerpt adapted from Yeonmi Park’s new book, “While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector’s Search for Freedom in America” (Threshold, Simon & Schuster). The Chinese economic growth miracle of the last two decades is, without a doubt, one of the most impressive and consequential developments in modern international history. Nicknamed…

In its quest for global hegemony, the Chinese Communist Party will not shy away from risking the wealth the Chinese people have accumulated over the last few decades, according to Jon Pelson, former chief convergence officer for British Telecom and author of the book ‘Wireless Wars.’ “Chairman Xi would give up his country’s wealth and…

Commentary As the West is facing a possible confrontation with Russia over Ukraine, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the United States can’t afford an open conflict with Vladimir Putin—and it’s not because the Russian autocrat is too strong, or the United States too disinterested. America has to keep its eyes on the real challenge, an…

NEW DELHI—The QUAD nations, the United States, India, Japan, and Australia met for their first leadership-level summit on March 12 and decided to convene a Critical and Emerging Technology Working Group with an aim among other things to convene dialogues on critical technology supply chains. Critical technology supply chains indispensably rely on rare earth metals,…