Executive Summary China’s commercial and technology practices create strategic risk. China will not change them unless pressed. The Western response is inchoate and technology denial measures (such as export controls) are inadequate to protect the West or make China change. The greatest leverage will come from a collective approach to deny China the ability to
November 20, 2023 Watch LIVE On November 20 | 9:15am ET | C-SPAN Washington Journal 2023-11-20T09:15:00-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJkZWZhdWx0c1wvd2pMb2dvTmV3Qmx1ZS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==The Cato Institute’s William Ruger and Jason Sorens discuss the new report “Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom.” The Cato Institute’s William Ruger and Jason Sorens discuss the new report “Freedom in the 50
With the world’s attention focused on the conflict in the Gaza Strip, the last six weeks have seen a dramatic escalation in Israeli settler and army violence across the West Bank and in East Jerusalem. Since then, Israeli army incursions and mass arrests have intensified in numerous West Bank cities, resulting in the deaths of
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After a half century, Islamism has become the single most disruptive force—both politically and militarily—in the Middle East. It evolved from cells of political activists in the 1970s into mass movements and, for the first time, as a governing force in the late 20th century. Both Sunni and Shiites turned to their faith amid the
The frontline on the Lebanese-Israeli border continues to witness the real skirmishes of an undeclared war between Israel and Hezbollah. Reciprocal attacks between Israel and Hezbollah and its allies that have killed some 90 individuals on both sides of the border by November 13 (80 in Lebanon, 10 in Israel) have kept the exchanges roughly
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Speakers Lara Friedman President, Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) Aaron David Miller Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Shibley Telhami Professor of Government and Politics and Director of the Critical Issues Poll, University of Maryland; Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Arab Center Washington DC Moderator Yousef Munayyer Head of Palestine/Israel Program and
Fighters of the ethnic armed group Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) stand guard in the town of Namhkam in northern Shan state. 9 November 2023. Mai Nyi / AFP Q&A / Asia 17 November 2023 15 minutes Fighting has intensified greatly in Myanmar in recent weeks. Having started in northern Shan State, it is now
Topics Regions Policy Centers Research & Analysis Caption A 38-foot Steber uncrewed surface vehicle that can be used for mine-sweeping operations during a testing and evaluation event by the Royal Australian Maritime Warfare Centre and Thales in conjunction with Maritime Deployable Robotic and Autonomous Systems Experimentation Unit in Sydney on March 1, 2023. (Royal Australian