NEWSLETTER | December 13, 2019
ANALYSIS
Alex Alben

The United States needs to have the courage, as a nation, to soberly assess the situation in Afghanistan and accept its strategic limitations, even if this means the inevitable resurgence of the Taliban and the beginning of a new civil war after it departs.
Ann Durbin

Congress and the president should urgently pass and enact the Uighur Human Rights Policy Act in a timely fashion so that the United States can live up to its promises and help bring an end to the atrocities against China’s Uighurs.
Brian Chase

Telecommunications advances are now making it possible for governments and utilities to make better resource management decisions when it comes to water and energy.
Jeremy McKenzie

Rather than purchasing Greenland, the best way for the United States to provide for both security and sustainable development in the Arctic is through partnerships and cooperation.
USC Annenberg and Common Sense

The New Normal: Parents, Teens, and Mobile Devices Around the World is a multi-year research collaboration designed to advance cross-cultural exploration of family digital media engagement.
Yixin Zhou

During a discussion at PolicyWest, panelists compared China’s and the United States’ different approaches to economic diplomacy.
Jongsoo Lee

It is time for China to understand that it can be a dominant economic power without being territorially expansionist and hegemonic, which will actually thwart its economic advancement.
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Experts discussed the continued persecution of China's Uighurs in a recent teleconference.
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