Will U.S. Midterm Results Affect Washington’s Foreign Policy?
A Republican-led House could mean a more hawkish stance on China and less aid for Ukraine—or more of the same. Read More Here
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U.S. Midterm Results Are A Net Plus For National Security
As Trumpism deflates, internationalist Republicans will press the Biden administration on China, defense, and trade. Read More Here
Why The US Kept Making Enemies Who Wanted To Be Friends: Castro, Ho Chi Minh And Putin
Through myopia, paranoia and arrogance, America has consistently created its own enemies and harmed other peoples in the interest of empire. Yet again, China is becoming an enemy, a role it doesn’t want but can’t refuse. Read More Here
Make America Invest Again
Whatever their electoral implications, recent US legislative achievements – from the CHIPS and Science Act to the Inflation Reduction Act – portend a massive increase in long-term investment in America’s growth potential, and in balancing out the various dimensions of its growth pattern. It’s a change that couldn’t come too soon. Read More Here
Why NASA Wants To Go Back To The Moon
The space agency’s upcoming lunar mission will launch the ambitious Artemis program, building on the landings 50 years ago. Read More Here
U.S. House Set To Give Biden Huge Win With $430 Bln Bill On Climate, Drug Prices
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Friday on a $430 billion bill to fight climate change and lower prescription drug prices, in what Democrats view as a major political win for President Joe Biden. Read More Here
Biden Tries To Climb Down From Ukraine Ledge
The Biden administration vastly underestimated the inflationary impact of the $6 trillion Covid stimulus package, which began under Donald Trump. It also underestimated the resilience of the Russian economy and the capabilities of the Russian military. Read More Here
Biden’s Grand China Strategy: Eloquent But Inadequate
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s speech last week outlining the Joe Biden administration’s China strategy was eloquent, logical, and gave Biden’s oft-criticised China policy some much-needed coherence. But it was also a year late and neglected many major issues facing the two countries. Read More Here
Biden’s Taiwan Comment Hangs Over Quad Summit
As he concludes his debut tour of Asia, President Joe Biden is using Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to send an unmistakable message to China: a similar breach of international order would generate a fierce US response. Read More Here
America’s Interest In Ukraine Is Not What You Think
The United States’ primary security interest in Ukraine is a stable relationship with Russia, but you would not know it based on U.S. foreign policy. As John Mearsheimer has argued, the United States has pursued a revisionist policy “to make Ukraine a Western bulwark on Russia’s border.” Read More Here
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