There is a parallel in how SOEs burst into the mining industry after 2007 and how new Chinese donors have burst into the political and university scene.
These tragic events demonstrate a very unfortunate combination of a moral obligation system in which loyalty is due only to those closest to you, and a fundamental lack of trust.
Geopolitical and economic rivalries can see projects of questionable value get pushed through without proper assessment of financial and economic viability.
For the next few months, with the exception of the Brexit negotiations, Britain will be engaging in an act of introspection unprecedented in most of our lifetimes. The world will have to wait.
Technocratic, non-ideological leaders like Theresa May and Hillary Clinton are tempted to think you can take the politics out of politics by striving for consensus.
A US meeting with an ally that didn't lead to fireworks, diplomatic ructions in the middle East, a Belt and Road sceptic and the new space race; it was another busy week on the Interpreter.
Will the attack prompt a greater direct role by Iran against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria? Or will it prompt a response targeted at the interests of regional states?
China has tried to bypass regional strategic and ideological divides by both preserving its ties with Iran and getting closer to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel.
Multinational businesses, universities and the science community have all failed to properly explain the role skilled migrants play in their organisations today.
Sam Roggeveen’s discussion with Allan Gyngell is a reminder that the Washington Consensus means different things to different people. Let’s try to sort out the diverse interpretations.
The decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement may restrict the US from using climate security rationales to inform grand strategy and foreign policy.
The travails of our major parties are directly impacting our foreign policy. The parties are desperate for funds, which makes them vulnerable to entreaties from wealthy foreign donors.
Labour will pile up big majorities in anti-Brexit London and in university areas but will fail to pick up marginal seats required to do well, let alone win.
It was a week dominated by debates about China's rise, violence in the Philippines, and a wonderful anecdote about an Australian general and a narrowly avoided diplomatic incident in Myanmar.