Iran stepped up attacks on its Gulf neighbors' energy infrastructure Thursday, setting Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and a Kuwaiti oil refinery ablaze. This came as Iran hit back after an Israeli attack on its main natural gas field, a major escalation in the Mideast war that has sent global fuel prices soaring. The Pentagon has asked the White Hou ... Show More
Jan 2025
Lao Zi, le dragon de sagesse
<p>Lao Zi, Lao Tseu pour les occidentaux, est un sage chinois contemporain de Confucius. Il est considéré comme le fondateur du Taoïsme, le Tao Té King en est le texte majeur. De ce sage il faut retenir le concept du mouvement créatif des opposés, le Yin Yang, le non-agir, le vid ... Show More
7m 56s
Nov 2025
Xi Jinping’s World of Treachery and Sacrifice
<p>Last week’s meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping may have brought a respite in the trade war. But it hardly touched the more fundamental drivers of U.S.-Chinese rivalry, a rivalry that has come to shape more and more dimensions of geopolitics, the global economy, and be ... Show More
56m 45s
Sep 2025
Xiang Biao and Wu Qi, "Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
Today I had the pleasure of talking to Professor Xiang Biao on his new book, Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World, which was originally written and published in Chinese. The English translation has just come out with Palgrave Macmillan. Self as Method provides a m ... Show More
1h 39m
Sep 2025
Xiang Biao and Wu Qi, "Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
Today I had the pleasure of talking to Professor Xiang Biao on his new book, Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World, which was originally written and published in Chinese. The English translation has just come out with Palgrave Macmillan. Self as Method provides a m ... Show More
1h 39m
Oct 2025
Xi Jinping's Successor and the Future of China
<p>When Xi Jinping took over the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, he began a new chapter in China’s history—one that would come to be defined above all by his grip on power. Xi overhauled not only the CCP but also China’s economy, military, and role in the world. Yet no matter ho ... Show More
48 m