By Geoffrey CainThe Wall Street Journal Jun 11, 2019 In Kim Jong Un’s North Korea everyone seems to live in fear, even as living standards rise slightly thanks to minorreforms. ‘Marshal, your father and your grandfather did some f—d-up s—. But you, you’re...
By Geoffrey CainThe New Republic Jun 3, 2019 Having only a hazy idea of what, exactly, fascism consists of makes it hard to explain why fascist rhetoric needs to be excluded from public discourse. “You can’t define it as good or bad,” Caio Mussolini,...
By Geoffrey CainMekong Review May 2019 KAI-FU LEE AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 2018 Ke Jie was slumped in his seat in May 2017, rubbing his temples, sighing and nervous as he pondered how he’d place...
By Geoffrey CainThe New Republic Mar 30, 2019 Forget the Mueller report. Russia is still meddling in democracies everywhere, and Ukraine is trying to fight back. The eighth and ninth graders didn’t realize their teacher was wrapping another skill inside their...
By Geoffrey CainAsia Times Mar 23, 2019 Huge pension body continues to protect troubled corporate dynasties, undermining reform efforts A car dealer stands in front of the logo of Hyundai Motor at its dealership in Seoul, South Korea, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Kim...
By Geoffrey CainThe New Republic Feb 28, 2019 Expecting the brutally repressive state to liberalize magically the way Vietnam did is a pipe dream. Nine years ago, when I lived in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam, I overheard three North Korean men having...
