Writing
China Is Buying the Farm
State-owned companies have bought many acres near U.S. military bases. What is Beijing up to? By Lars Erik Schönander and Geoffrey Cain Wall Street Journal September 8, 2022 Workers sort cuts of fresh pork in a processing plant in Zhengzhou, China, Nov. 24,...
American Affairs Journal: Ukraine versus Afghanistan: Lessons in National Solidarity
by Geoffrey Cain Summer 2022/Volume VI, Number 2 Before he was actually president, Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian, starred as Ukraine’s fictional president in his three-season political satire Servant of the People. He played a junior high teacher who asked his...
Wired: Volodymyr Zelensky on War, Technology, and the Future of Ukraine
In a one-on-one interview with WIRED, the embattled president expresses clarity amidst the chaos. JUN 2, 2022 By Geoffrey Cain EVER SINCE RUSSIAN forces started their all-out invasion in February, Ukraine has been hailed as an exemplar of how to defend...
The Rise of China’s State Surveillance Machinery
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 Geoffrey Cain Published June 29, 2021 in Lit Hub Irfan was a technology worker in his thirties who came from Urumqi, the regional...
The Samsung Sandwich
The Korean giant pumped billions of dollars into China and came to dominate its smartphone market. Now, it’s closing factories. What happened? By Geoffrey CainThe Wire China November 1, 2020 Illustration by Ryan Olbrysh It was a stifling hot July day in 1992 when Qian...
Samsung vs. Apple: Inside The Brutal War For Smartphone Dominance
In 2005, Chang-Gyu Hwang—president of Samsung’s semiconductor and memory business—traveled with two fellow executives to Palo Alto, to the home of Steve Jobs.
By Geoffrey Cain
Forbes
Mar 13, 2020
From a family fish shop to taking down Apple via the ‘selfie that broke the internet’: How Samsung became one of the world’s biggest brands despite selling exploding phones
Watched by 43 million people on TV as she hosted the 2014 Oscars, comedienne Ellen DeGeneres walked through the audience at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
By Geoffrey Cain
The Daily Mail
Mar 8, 2020
How a Samsung Heiress Helped Make ‘Parasite’ a Triumph
Miky Lee’s money and influence turned South Korean cinema into a powerhouse
By Geoffrey Cain
Foreign Policy
Feb 11, 2020
‘The Great Successor’ Review: Pyongyang Confidential
In Kim Jong Un’s North Korea everyone seems to live in fear, even as living standards rise slightly thanks to minorreforms.
By Geoffrey Cain
The Wall Street Journal
Jun 11, 2019
The Failure to Define Fascism Today
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.
By Geoffrey Cain
The New Republic
Jun 3, 2019