Today is my last day at the Financial Times. Later this year I'm starting as Asia correspondent at The Economist, based in Singapore. Writing Unhedged with the great Robert Armstrong has been a privilege. Rob brings the wit, wisdom and substance day in & day out. (1/4)

America aims “to deter China from thinking it can quickly and painlessly” invade Taiwan. On “The Intelligence” Anton La Guardia explains the new Asian military order econ.st/3AhDxZX 🎧

Less than two months after redirecting the USS Theodore Roosevelt from Asia to the Middle East, the U.S. has now ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln to follow suit. The USS Carl Vinson, which was in Hawaii for RIMPAC, is now headed back to the U.S. Asia is wide open.

Solaris Chicago Council on Global Affairs David Luhnow Anton La Guardia Nahal Toosi We did last week. And will come back to this again soon. Important story. globalaffairs.org/commentary-and…

Kommersant reports from Kursk. General sense being chaos & abandonment by Moscow. “I want to understand where our state is at all? Where is the administration? I wish they could talk to us. We don't know anything at all… there's no one.” kommersant.ru/doc/6890223

My take on America’s changing nuclear doctrine. America prepares for a new nuclear-arms race economist.com/united-states/… from The Economist

US perplexed by Ukraine’s surprise offensive into Russia but seems ready to support it washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

There’s an astronaut stuck in space Hollywood 2015: the world will apolitically band together in a rescue attempt America 2024: Fox News hosts Eric Trump blaming Kamala Harris

“2,000-year-old ruins are rising from the earth, thrust upward by hydrothermal force. The water line is receding at the docks as the ground rises. Thousands of earthquakes… are sending shock waves of fear through coastal communities.” washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/…

US has been signalling since April that a Gaza ceasefire is close but it never materialises. Either a) Hamas thinks it’s winning b) Bibi keeps shifting conditions c) America has been wildly overselling the prospect of a deal washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/…

This is a telling footnote. If true, the Biden administration is holding Ukraine back from conducting deep strikes in Russia not only out of fear of escalation but out of hope for future reconciliation. Seems hopeless for as long as Putin is around politico.com/news/2024/08/2…

Today marks a week since a confrontation at Arlington National Cemetary in which Trump staffers pushed by a worker as she sought to enforce law restricting partisan acts there. Trump campaign claimed it had video. None released. Army also still has not released incident report.