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Jul 17, 2026, 6:00 PM

The Jewish Governor Who Built Hong Kong’s Golden Mile

Nathan Road is one of the most famous streets in Asia. Walk Nathan Road on any evening and you will find the whole world there. Mainland Chinese tourists with rolling suitcases. Commuters pouring out of the MTR. Shoppers moving between...

May 23, 2026, 5:37 PM

Trump’s Aladdin’s Lamp: Cuba’s Role in Breaking the Iran Deadlock

Donald Trump built his brand on dealmaking. So why, after bombing Iran for forty days, does a lasting agreement still feel out of reach? The bombs worked — up to a point. American and Israeli strikes degraded Iran's military capabilities...

May 4, 2026, 1:47 PM

To stop Iran’s nuclear program, learn from Taiwan

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Taiwan once had a secret nuclear weapons program. Beijing didn't end it. Washington did. The fact that it was a strategic partner, not an adversary, that ended it — that is the key to understanding how Iran's nuclear ambitions could...

Apr 18, 2026, 5:47 PM

What McDonald’s gets right about war and peace

43 years after the US embassy bombing in Beirut, economic integration may finally succeed in delivering peace where decades of armed conflict did not

Apr 14, 2026, 10:33 AM

Why the destruction of Nagasaki doesn’t work as a warning for Iran

Nagasaki before and after the detonation of an atomic bomb (Photo from U.S. National Archives, RG 77-MDH)

The idea of 'mutually assured destruction' deters rational nuclear powers because they prioritize self-preservation; the Islamic Republic doesn't care

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Steven Bernstein is a JD candidate at a leading Hong Kong law school and a former Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan.

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