In a one-on-one interview with WIRED, the embattled president expresses clarity amidst the chaos. JUN 2, 2022By Geoffrey Cain EVER SINCE RUSSIAN forces started their
The U.S. has failed to achieve its missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but the War on Terror’s legacy lives on in nearby western China. By
Miky Lee’s money and influence turned South Korean cinema into a powerhouse
By Geoffrey Cain
Foreign Policy
Feb 11, 2020
Forget the Mueller report. Russia is still meddling in democracies everywhere, and Ukraine is trying to fight back.
By Geoffrey Cain
The New Republic
Mar 30, 2019
Huge pension body continues to protect troubled corporate dynasties, undermining reform efforts
By Geoffrey Cain
Asia Times
Mar 23, 2019
Expecting the brutally repressive state to liberalize magically the way Vietnam did is a pipe dream.
By Geoffrey Cain
The New Republic
Feb 28, 2019
I trekked through Washington DC on a mission. The US government had released a commemorative coin showing Donald Trump and Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un face-to-face. Their respective flags were behind them and above them the words “peace talks” in Korean and English.
By Geoffrey Cain
Mekong Review
May 29, 2018
Victor Cha is experienced, informed – and no peacenik. None of that mattered for the Trump administration.
By Geoffrey Cain
Foreign Policy
Feb 2, 2018
Business clans have dominated the country’s economy for decades – but their time may finally be up.
By Geoffrey Cain
Foreign Policy
Jun 23, 2017
IN FEBRUARY 1951, New York Times correspondent George Barrett, traveling with an American armored column, stumbled on the ghostly remains of a Korean hamlet that had been bombed out by US aircraft.
By Geoffrey Cain
Los Angeles Review of Books
May 11, 2015
What to read next:
Geoffrey Cain on Investigative Journalism, Authoritarian Power, and The Perfect Police State | In a wide-ranging conversation with Jennifer Grossman, CEO of The Atlas Society, investigative journalist Geoffrey Cain reflects on years spent reporting inside some of the world’s most restrictive regimes — and on the research behind his book The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China’s Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future.
For years, Tim Cook insisted Apple could change China from the inside. Instead, China changed Apple.
The latest evidence? Apple spent billions developing cutting-edge electric vehicle battery technology with Chinese automaker BYD, only to watch its innovations become the cornerstone of BYD’s rise to global electric vehicle dominance. Apple walked away with nothing. China walked away with everything.
This isn’t just another story about corporate research and development gone wrong. It’s a cautionary tale about how even America’s most valuable company has become trapped in China’s web of technological control — and how that web is about to tighten even further.