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Hudson’s Mike Gallagher 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 to prevent the CCP from fomenting further chaos in America.
Walter Russell Mead predicts in the Wall Street Journal 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.
With armed guards in tow, Michael Doran surveyed the scene of post-Assad Damascus. He shared his takeaways with cohost Gadi Taub on the latest Israel Update.
The US-Japan partnership, 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 and William Chou.
Almost three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a new energy crisis is developing in Eastern Europe, warns Luke Coffey. He explains why Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova essentially under Russian control, matters to regional efforts to limit Moscow’s influence.
Before you go . . .
Bryan Clark and Michael Roberts appeared on Midrats to discuss their recent report Shoring up the Foundations, 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.
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