China

China recently arrested Meng Hongwei, who was president of Interpol when the organization revoked a red notice for a human rights activist for the Uighurs.

This deal may undermine Chinese Catholics, many of whom may secularize or go Pentecostal.

Here are the three things to watch for and pay attention to after Prime Minister Abe’s reelection.

The United Nations has failed to do what it was created to do—“promote the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security.”

China’s actions in the last two months—which have included demolishing church structures, burning Bibles, closing house churches, arresting pastors, and forcing millions of Chinese Christians to sign statements renouncing their faith—represent a dramatic escalation in the Communist Party’s clampdown on religion in China.

We have heard much in recent years about Washington’s “Pacific pivot” aimed at deterring Chinese adventurism in the South China Sea and the “reassurance initiative” aimed at deterring Russian revisionism in Eastern Europe. What has received far less attention is Beijing’s pivot to the Americas and Moscow’s revival of Cold War-style intervention in the Western Hemisphere.

Imran Khan is the new prime minister of Pakistan and his plans for change could affect the US, China, and the region.

During Trump’s presidency, America’s role as the world leader has been questioned by allies, adversaries, and the president himself.

Trump’s recent trip to Brussels, the UK, and Helsinki for the now infamous Putin summit has the president appearing in a different light