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Cannabis advocates claim that legalizing recreational marijuana can benefit the United States. But more than a decade into the experiment, legalization has been nothing short of a disaster [[link removed]], argue John P. Walters [[link removed]] and William P. Barr [[link removed]].

President Joe Biden’s political maneuvering over the US Steel sale may alienate America’s most important ally just weeks ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to Washington, explains [[link removed]] Senior Fellow Riley Walters [[link removed]].

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s upcoming meeting with former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating on the sidelines of Xi Jinping’s Australia visit is a ploy to divide the Australian government and encourage Canberra to soften its policies toward China, warns [[link removed]] Senior Fellow John Lee [[link removed]].

Senior Fellow Nadia Schadlow [[link removed]] examines why American power has been unable to keep up with rising global threats—and how Washington can reverse this decline [[link removed]] before it’s too late.

Senior Fellows Bryan Clark [[link removed]] and Dan Patt [[link removed]] detail how, in a Taiwan invasion scenario, US forces could force Chinese transports into narrow “kill boxes” using a hedge force of small uncrewed systems [[link removed]]. To learn more about the role technology [[link removed]] will play in the future of US force design, watch Patt’s testimony before the House Armed Services Committee.

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Many countries are skeptical about Ethiopia’s recent port deal with the disputed territory of Somaliland. But Senior Fellow Joshua Meservey [[link removed]] explains that the agreement has the potential to advance US interests [[link removed]] in the Red Sea region.

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