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The Dispatch→ Afghanistan After-Action Report Fuels GOP Oversight Plans
Plus: An interview with Sen. Jeff Merkley on China policy.
The Dispatch→ What Most People Don’t Understand About U.S.-China ‘Decoupling’
Especially the folks most aggressively urging it.
The Dispatch→ China’s Designs on Latin America, Explained
The U.S. adversary sees opportunities in America’s traditional sphere of influence.
Logically→ Image of expressway in China peddled as Jammu National Highway 44
The Dispatch→ Nikki Haley Knocks Donald Trump’s China Policy
Plus: Scott Walker on the open Senate primary in Wisconsin.
Logically→ Video from Thailand shared as ‘man being assaulted for publicly offering namaz’
Logically→ Video from China shared to falsely claim Muslim immigrant attacked a woman in Spain
The Dispatch→ U.S., India Unite Over Common Adversary
Plus: Will Hurd enters the GOP presidential primary. Continue reading U.S., India Unite Over Common Adversary »
The Dispatch→ Washington’s Open Hand to Narendra Modi
The U.S. sees India as a counterweight to China, but the relationship transcends that common rivalry. Continue reading Washington’s Open Hand to Narendra Modi »
The Dispatch→ House Readies for Schiff Censure Vote
Plus: How GOP lawmakers feel about Blinken’s trip to Beijing. Continue reading House Readies for Schiff Censure Vote »
The Dispatch→ Blinken Returns From Beijing Empty-Handed
The high-stakes trip failed to reestablish military-to-military communications. Continue reading Blinken Returns From Beijing Empty-Handed »
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Nikki Haley on the Campaign Trail
The Republican presidential candidate has made inaccurate or misleading claims about abortion, trans youth, foreign policy and domestic issues.
The Dispatch→ The ‘X-Date’ Cometh
Plus: A Q&A with Rep. Mike Gallagher on China policy. Continue reading The ‘X-Date’ Cometh »
The Dispatch→ How Afghanistan Has Become Another Notch in China’s Belt
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang meets with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 6, 2023. (Photo by Jiang Chao/Xinhua/Getty Images)Our disastrous withdrawal paved the way for a partnership between the Taliban a
The Dispatch→ Microsoft Issues Warning About Chinese AI That Microsoft Helped Create
Schoolchildren walk below surveillance cameras in Akto, south of Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region. (Photo by Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)The company’s China outpost has trained scientists who’ve gone on to work for top surveillance
The Dispatch→ Our China Self-Own
Google CEO Sundar Pichai, born in India, is among the many Silicon Valley workers and executives who immigrated to the United States for education and employment. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP/Getty Images.) Failing to improve our immigration policy giv
The Dispatch→ Senators Examine Worldwide Threats
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines speaks during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Plus: A new China competition bill is in the works, and e-commerce trade benefits receiv
The Dispatch→ The Threat of an Emboldened Iran
Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcoming ceremony for visiting President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi in February 2023. (Photo by Pang Xinglei/Xinhua via Getty Images)The Islamic Republic has allies and patrons in Russia and Chin
The Dispatch→ If America Really Is Unpopular, We Have Only Ourselves to Blame
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping after a signing ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People on April 14, 2023, in Beijing, China. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images)Washington is giving devel
The Dispatch→ Lawmakers Game Out a Chinese Attack on Taiwan
Taiwanese soldiers during a drill in September 2021. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Plus: GOP leaders forge ahead with their own debt ceiling bill.Continue reading Lawmakers Game Out a Chinese Attack on Taiwan »
The Dispatch→ Against Euro-Vassalization
French President Emmanuel Macron (center) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. (Photo by Antoine Gyori/Corbis/Getty Images)Thwarting the Chinese threat requires a wealthy and powerful European Union that can partner with the U.S.Continue reading Against
The Dispatch→ Elon Musk’s CCP Pressure Points
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla Shanghai gigafactory on Jan. 7, 2019. (Xinhua/Ding Ting) (Xinhua/ via Getty Images)Chinese government mouthpieces praise his Twitter policies just as he announces new business ventures in
The Dispatch→ Taiwan Needs Our Help Now
A Harpoon missile. (Photograph from Wikimedia Commons.)A missile contract that won’t be fulfilled until 2029 demonstrates that our foreign military sales program is unacceptably slow.Continue reading Taiwan Needs Our Help Now »
The Dispatch→ The Long Reign of King Dollar
(Stock photo from Getty Images.)Aside from the princeling euro, the greenback has no real competitors globally.Continue reading The Long Reign of King Dollar »
The Dispatch→ Beijing’s American Hostages
Stock art from Getty ImagesWhat will happen to those detained as U.S.-China relations deteriorate further? Continue reading Beijing’s American Hostages »
The Dispatch→ TikTok’s D.C. Influence Campaign
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman participates as TikTok content creators gather outside the Capitol to voice their opposition to a potential ban on the app on March 22, 2023. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Under scrutiny from Congress,
The Dispatch→ The Rise of ‘Red Scare’ Policy
Containers are seen stacked at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province on January 14, 2020. (Photo by STR/AFP/Getty Images.) We risk overreacting to the threats posed by China.Continue reading The Rise of ‘Red Scare’ Policy »
The Dispatch→ The Debate Around a Bill to Ban TikTok, Explained
Sens. Mark Warner and John Thune introduce the Restrict Act at the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)The RESTRICT Act has bipartisan support, but critics say it may not work as intended.Continue reading The Debate Around a Bill to B
The Dispatch→ Ford’s China Problem
The logo of the Ford Motor Company is displayed on the front grille of an electric Ford Transit being charged. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)Worries arise over a Chinese company’s involvement in an American automotive factory.Continue reading For
The Dispatch→ The Cool Kids Are Wrong About TikTok
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew listens to questions from U.S. representatives during his testimony at a congressional hearing on TikTok in Washington, D.C., on March 23rd, 2023. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)And, at least this once, Cong
The Dispatch→ McCaul Pushes for State Department’s Afghanistan Docs
Rep. Michael McCaul speaks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Plus: A researcher calls for Congress to sanction Xi Jinping.Continue reading Mc
The Dispatch→ Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping Stake Out a New World Order
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a solemn welcome ceremony for Chinese President Xi Jinping at the St. George's Hall at the Kremlin in Moscow. (Photo by Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via Getty Images)Russia and China’s leaders claim to reject a ‘Co
The Dispatch→ House Republicans Leap to Trump’s Defense
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy speaks during a news conference in May 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Plus: The Senate considers ending a pair of war authorizations, and the China competition committee plans its next hearing.C
Logically→ Worms rained from the sky in Liaoning province, China.
The Dispatch→ China’s Middle East Power Play
Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcomed by Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in Riyadh on December 8, 2022. (Photo by Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)A Beijing-brokered normalization deal between Iran
Logically→ COVID-19 originated at Fort Detrick, a United States army base.
The Dispatch→ The Japan-South Korea Thaw
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a ceremony marking the 104th anniversary of the Independence Movement Day against Japanese colonial rule on March 1, 2023. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)In the face of threats from C
The Dispatch→ Going to War Over Taiwan: Who Decides?
President Joe Biden speaks in Baltimore on March 1, 2023. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Even if Biden could justify U.S. intervention without congressional approval, it’s politically important to have the legislative branch on board.The post Go
The Dispatch→ The Rise of Xi Jinping’s China
Xi Jinping waves to journalists at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Oct. 23, 2022. (Photo by Pang Xinglei/Xinhua via Getty Images)Former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley on the risk of competition turning into confrontation: A Dis