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Congress Didn’t Ban TikTok [[link removed]]

Hudson’s Mike Gallagher [[link removed]] explains that, while the bill he wrote requires the Chinese Communist Party to divest from TikTok, it is not a ban. Nonetheless, the United States needs to free TikTok from Xi Jinping’s control [[link removed]] to prevent the CCP from fomenting further chaos in America.

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Trump and Xi Face Off [[link removed]]

Walter Russell Mead [[link removed]] predicts in the Wall Street Journal [[link removed]] that US-China tensions will continue to rise because President-elect Donald Trump’s MAGA agenda can succeed only if the US and its allies curb China’s rise.

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Damascus after Assad: A Street-Level View [[link removed]]

With armed guards in tow, Michael Doran [[link removed]] surveyed the scene of post-Assad Damascus. He shared his takeaways with cohost Gadi Taub on the latest Israel Update [[link removed]].

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How the Legacy of President Trump’s Friendship with Prime Minister Abe Beckons Again in the Pacific [[link removed]]

The US-Japan partnership [[link removed]], exemplified by President Trump’s friendship with late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, could serve as a model for America’s economic, energy, and security partnerships in the Pacific, write Kenneth R. Weinstein [[link removed]] and William Chou [[link removed]].

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Eastern European Energy Crisis Could Spell Trouble [[link removed]]

Almost three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a new energy crisis is developing in Eastern Europe, warns Luke Coffey [[link removed]]. He explains why Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova essentially under Russian control [[link removed]], matters to regional efforts to limit Moscow’s influence.

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Before you go . . .

Bryan Clark [[link removed]] and Michael Roberts [[link removed]] appeared on Midrats [[link removed]] to discuss their recent report Shoring up the Foundations [[link removed]], which details affordable strategies for the US to rebuild its maritime industry to compete with China. For more, read their op-ed on the importance of the Ships for America Act [[link removed]].

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