The Communist Party’s anxiety reflects how quickly investor confidence and allied coordination hardened after the announcement. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s call for a coordinated response to Beijing’s coercion is long overdue (“Allies United Against China on Rare Earths,” Review & Outlook, Oct. 17). But Xi Jinping’s latest moves suggest something deeper than strategy—a sign of strain. China controls roughly 70% […]

On October 11, 2025, Afghan Taliban’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi was given a grand reception by the students and teachers of Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband in the town of Deoband, about 180 kilometers from New Delhi. Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband is the largest Islamic seminary in the world after Cairo’s Al-Azhar University and is considered the spiritual fountainhead of the extreme religious teachings […]

Given the flood of books on China that has poured forth in recent years, one might think the rest of the world would have figured out that provocative country by now. But much of China’s historical evolution continues to defy Western understanding, and many of its leaders remain tantalizing conundrums—few more so than Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the […]