Zamir Awan: The US wants to keep its status as a superpower at any cost

The US is desperate to sustain its hegemony and supremacy. It is taking extreme measures and can go to any extent to keep its hegemony and supremacy. Its Petrodollars policy has been playing a significant role, but, facing challenges recently and the US is getting nervous and crazy.

Suisheng Zhao: Top-level Design and Enlarged Diplomacy: Foreign and Security Policymaking in Xi Jinping’s China

Xi Jinping has centralized foreign policymaking authorities by setting up new central coordination organizations with himself as the head to bypass entrenched interests and cut through bureaucratic roadblocks. Staking his claim to power on the party and demanding personal loyalty of Chinese bureaucrats to him in a way that none of his recent predecessors could; Xi has introduced a top-level design to develop strategic visions, conduct strategic planning, and make tough decisions. The top-level design has advanced the enlarged diplomacy far beyond the sphere of professional diplomats. But Xi’s personalization of Chinese foreign and security policymaking has increased the possibility of intended and unintended consequences of foreign adventure and actions.

William Jones: Tedros' 'warnings' are somewhat out of place

Editor's note: William Jones is the Washington Bureau Chief of Executive Intelligence Review and a Non-Resident Fellow of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily those of CGTN.

Diao Daming: GT Investigates: Higher infection and mortality, increasing ethnic violence, unemployment, and deep-rooted racism in the US deprive minorities of a present and a future

Western countries, one by one, have scrapped their COVID-19 restrictions and are purportedly be ready to "return to normalcy." Yet, as the novel coronavirus continues to mutate, from the deadly Delta variant to the more contagious, milder Omicron variant, what can such a rush to re-open really bring the West in the post-pandemic era? After analyzing data and talking to epidemiologists, the Global Times conducted a series of investigative reports into the consequences abound for vulnerable groups, including the elderly, minorities and children when their countries ease COVID-19 restrictions, and what impact such moves would wreak on their medical systems. This is the fourth installment, looking into the shocking impact of the US' easing of anti-epidemic restrictions on the country's ethnic minorities.

Wang Wen: Books: Xi gives China’s solutions to global issues

Vijay Prashad: Mali’s military ejects France but faces serious challenges