No images? Click here (US Navy) Senior Fellows Dan Patt and Bryan Clark argue in Foreign Policy that the United States military will not be able to deny China the ability to invade Taiwan as Beijing’s military continues to improve. Drawing on their recent Hudson report, they instead explain how the US can mount a long-term campaign that undermines Beijing’s confidence in achieving its ambitions in the region. Is the Role of the Dollar About to Significantly Change? (Pexels) Some analysts speculate that a new yuan-based currency system could replace the US dollar’s role in global trade. But in the International Economy, Senior Fellow John Lee makes the case for why the United States and its currency are still the better bet. Is China Uninvestible for US Companies? (Getty Images) The US-China Economic Link: High-Level Diplomacy and Structural Problems (Getty Images) Even though leaders in Washington and Beijing may want to cool tensions so that they can focus on challenges like climate change and economic difficulties, Senior Fellow Thomas J. Duesterberg describes in Aspenia Online why the two powers are unlikely to return to more cordial relations. How to Help Ukraine Win the War of Attrition (Getty Images) As the fighting in Ukraine becomes a war of attrition, Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead writes in the Wall Street Journal how the US can confront Vladimir Putin through a whole-of-government campaign against Russian interests and assets around the world. BEFORE YOU GO... China has suspended the import of all seafood products from Japan after water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was discharged—even though Chinese nuclear power plants discharge more radioactive material. Writing in The Messenger, Senior Fellow Riley Walters analyzes why Japanese fisheries have become a geopolitical target for Beijing. |