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"The Red Seance:  How Xi Jingping is soft-burying The Deng Era." Views expressed in this geopolitical news and analysis are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 17 December 2025, 0432 UTC. Content and Source:  "The Diplomat Brief."  https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQdzmbdmtTZfchTPNqSfXtwLgbg URL--thediplomat.com Please check email link, URL, or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://trendsingeopolitics.blogspot.com). Please use bar at the bottom of this post to center the article. December 17, 2025 thediplomat.com Welcome to the latest issue of Diplomat Brief.   This week our top story explores Xi Jinping’s effort to rewrite the history of China’s “reform and opening.” We also have an interview with Edward Lemon, president of the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs, on recent attacks targeting Chinese nationals in Tajikistan. Story of the Week The Red Séance: How Xi Jinping...

"How Europe lost, The multi-polar mirage, Can democracy still make a comeback?" Views expressed in this geopolitical news and analysis are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 13 December 2025, 0238 UTC. Content and Source:  "Foreign Affairs Today." https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQdzmTsCSXLHNbpvQHBSDXsrsfh URL--https://www.foreignaffairs.com. Please check email link, URL, or scroll down to read your selections. Russ Roberts (https://trendsingeopolitics.blogspot.com). December 12, 2025 |  View in Browser Sponsored by  The Fletcher School at Tufts University     How Europe Lost Can the Continent Escape Its Trump Trap? By Matthias Matthijs and Nathalie Tocci   A  Foreign Affairs  subscription is less than  $3.50/month. Subscribe Now →   The Multipolar Mirage Why America and China Are the World’s Only Great Powers By Jennifer Lind   Can Democracy Still Make a Comeback? Hope for a Freer Future Is Dimmed but Not Lost By Jane...