Tom Fowdy
Tom Fowdy is a British writer and analyst of politics and international relations with a primary focus on East Asia.
- Nearly 50 years on, Chileans finally exorcise the ghost of Pinochet – will this herald an anti-US ‘Latin American spring’?
Voting for an historic constitutional assembly hands victories to leftist and independent candidates over the ruling right-wing government and paves the way for a long-awaited progressive ‘new Chile.’ - Is the American dream really losing its appeal in China?Recent studies suggest that where once the US was a country to aspire to for Chinese people, its appeal has been reduced by Beijing’s rising global influence. While there is some truth in that, the reality is a bit more nuanced.
- The West pushes the Xinjiang issue hard and selectively, while ignoring the sustained slaughter of PalestiniansMuslims allegedly being treated badly in China? Terrible human rights atrocities that need to be stopped. Muslims being bombed, murdered and driven from their homes in Gaza? Meh, they’re anti-Israel terrorists.
- America is back? Soaring inflation rate shows Biden’s honeymoon is over… and Republicans are eyeing their preyHe’s had a comfortable start to his presidency, but Joe Biden is feeling some pressure thanks to an overheated economy. After licking its wounds following Trump’s demise, it’s time for the GOP to make life difficult for him.
- Colombian unrest is a silent revolution against the unjustified & unwanted US oppression of South AmericaAs demands for social change and equality intensify in Colombia, the situation should act as a warning to the US over its attitude towards South America. How long will Washington’s dominance of the continent be tolerated?
- Size matters in geopolitics, so the West is excited China’s population growth is ending. But here’s how Beijing will solve itChina’s census this week showed that, in the past decade, its population grew by just 0.53% a year on average to 1.41 billion, and is expected to fall into a decline. But is this the blow to Beijing that its enemies hope for?
- America is to blame for the bloody violence in Jerusalem – & it just shows that state-led oppression is fine if you’re a US allyTrump’s overzealous pro-Israel policy – endorsed by Joe Biden – emboldened Tel Aviv to push ahead with new settlements in East Jerusalem, which are the root cause of the clashes. But there’ll be no rebuke from Washington.
- Chinese space debris? Danger, watch out, it could fall on you! American space debris? It’s a cinematic, dazzling light show!The US propaganda machine is performing its usual skilful manipulations over a Chinese rocket that’s due to fall back from space this week. Just look at how mainstream media covers SpaceX’s discarded junk, compared to Beijing's.
- Biden’s backing for waiving Covid vaccine patents is a great step, but there are some big reasons why it won’t be a gamechangerThe plan to give the vaccine ‘recipes’ to other countries to produce them is good in theory. But it faces formidable opposition from Big Pharma corporations anxious to protect their profits and will take months to organize.
- Kissinger’s right – Nuclear weapons + thinking machines equals a US-China cold war that would pose a ‘colossal danger’ to humanityVeteran US diplomat Henry Kissinger has delivered a grave warning that technological advances mean the US’ and China’s capabilities to destroy each other & the rest of the world are far more severe than in the original Cold War.
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