President Xi Jinping will visit Washington D.C. in September, providing an essential opportunity for the two leaders to openly discuss bilateral relations, investment, and global issues. David Shambaugh calls on Chinese leaders to engage in action over slogans, and for each side to share their perceptions of the strategic intentions of the other; false perceptions must be discussed and refuted in order to reinvigorate mutual trust.

China’s controversial new anti-terrorism law would require foreign companies to install “backdoors” to give authorities remote access to computers and networks, and has been placed under review due to Western concerns. Since China still has to rely on foreign technology in the immediate future, the law might have been used to tell the United States government not to engage in what Beijing called “reckless behavior,” or to further expose U.S. hypocrisy in its own cyber espionage practices.

China’s new anti-terror laws are in response to changing transnational terrorist networks and are intended to designate agencies responsible for anti-terror activities while defining the obligations of the state, society, enterprises, and individual citizens. U.S. IT companies are concerned that increased security and oversight will affect business operations, but Fu Xiaoqiang reminds that this is not unseen in U.S. law either.

U.S. companies and leaders have criticized China’s new counter-terrorism law for its increased surveillance mechanisms. Yet, the U.S. government cannot claim the moral high ground when it blatantly violates the rights enshrined in its own constitution. A serious challenge to state surveillance will not come from other states; it must arise from China’s own citizenry.

The Arab Spring was neither a transformation from authoritative political system to western democracy, nor a religious “Islamic Awakening.” Dr. Jin Liangxiang describes it as the reconstruction of political legitimacy, and primarily caused due to governments losing their legitimacy by not providing economically for the people. Externally imposed political systems will not solve the ongoing issues, though.

In order to defeat IS, action needs to be taken well beyond Iraq and Syria. The entire campaign will not be measured in months. It needs to be a global, multi-pronged and long-term battle and requires global input and cooperation to extirpate this universal scourge.

Following the attack on Charlie Hebdo, many westerners have rallied around the ideals of free speech. However, as Wu Sike shares, the new tendencies and changes in global terrorism determine that no country is immune to its effects, and that the global society must be more mutually respectful and communicative.

Following the attack on Charlie Hebdo, many westerners have rallied around the ideals of free speech. However, as Wu Sike shares, the new tendencies and changes in global terrorism determine that no country is immune to its effects, and that the global society must be more mutually respectful and communicative.

The international response to the recent Charlie Hebdo incident indicates that there are subtle differences between the U.S. and Europe in their ideological treatment of free speech regarding religion. Shen Dingli suggests the difference between responsible free speech, and abstract instigation of other cultures.

The international response to the recent Charlie Hebdo incident indicates that there are subtle differences between the U.S. and Europe in their ideological treatment of free speech regarding religion. Shen Dingli suggests the difference between responsible free speech, and abstract instigation of other cultures.