China's economic slowdown, Netanyahu vs. Biden, and more.
Thursday Reads
April 11, 2024
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China’s Economic Slowdown Is Strengthening Its Defense Industrial Base
by Nathaniel Sher
As Beijing deprioritizes the real estate sector, it is doubling down on investment in science, technology, and national defense. Read it here.
Benjamin Netanyahu Is Playing with Fire
by Dov S. Zakheim
Israel's prime minister must be aware that he has treated President Biden with disdain once too often. Read it here.
The Messy Battlespace That Would Be a U.S. vs. China War
by James Holmes
Warfare in the Pacific promises to be an all-service, all-domain, and allied endeavor. Read it here.
The Widening Willpower Gap
by Connor Fiddler
The weakness of adversary powers relative to the United States should not deceive us from their very clear advantage in willingness to execute decisive, if risky, strategies. Read it here.
NATO Isn’t Defending Guam, But Others Are
by Grant Newsham & Cleo Paskal
NATO provisions don’t include security guarantees for American Pacific Territories. But other U.S. treaty allies do—which is why this week’s meetings in D.C. are so important. Read it here.