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Why Biden Was Justified to Send Cluster Munitions to Ukraine
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ChinaTalk: "Emergency" Pod: Outbound Investment Screening!
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Rational Security: The “Dog Days” Edition
This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott beat back the heat to dig into the week's big national security news stories. -
Xi’s Cautious Inching Towards the China Dream
Beijing’s current strategy for ensuring CCP rule through mid-century and beyond heavily emphasizes domestic threats. -
ChinaTalk: Beyond Decoupling: NATO for Trade
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The Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is Boosting the Potential for U.S. Influence Abroad
The war has shifted global trends in international influence, but the long-term effects could take several possible paths. -
What Will Security Commitments to Ukraine Look Like?
The design of long-term security commitments is important in ensuring Ukraine’s capacity to defend itself in the future. -
ChinaTalk: Culture Month! Indie Chinese Music Hour with Concrete Avalanche
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Vassals vs. Rivals: The Geopolitical Future of AI Competition
The U.S. should use an AI-competitive world as an opportunity to lead in developing an open, rule bound, and balanced global AI ecosystem. -
Truth Decay and National Security
The diminishing role of facts and analysis in public discourse is eroding national security and will continue to do so if left unaddressed. -
Why We Continue to Misunderstand Conflict Economies
By monitoring corrupt cross-border trading, international organizations can begin to understand the performance of Afghanistan’s economy. -
Why International Leverage Has Failed With the Taliban
The United States and its partners have tried using aid conditionality to try to modify the Taliban's policies. It won't work.


