NEW. A conversation with Aaron Friedberg of Princeton and ⁦American Enterprise Institute⁩, on Biden, Trump, Harris, and our present dangers. Friedberg lays out America’s foreign policy challenges and considers how a Harris or Trump administration might approach the threats. conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation/a…

"A new Trump administration would at a minimum put enormous pressure on the Ukrainians: 'If you don’t come to terms, we’re going to cut you off.' That, I think, would be the most likely outcome. And then that has ramifying effects on everything else…" conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation/a…

Helping Ukraine defeat Russia will isolate Iran, thus degrading Iranian support for Hizbollah, Hamas, and Houthis. It will also send a message of deterrence to China. These wars are connected...parts of one strategic challenge to our way of life, requiring political will,

To protect themselves against China’s predatory practices, countries with market-based economies must band together in a trade defense coalition, argues Aaron Friedberg. foreignaffairs.com/china/stopping…

Ambassador Rahm Emmanuel’s new piece argues for a trade-defense coalition to counter China, an idea championed by AEI's Aaron Friedberg. Both sides of the aisle agree that we should expand partnership with our Indo-Pacific allies. wsj.com/opinion/an-all…

Asia Times quotes from Foreign Affairs article by NBR counselor Aaron Friedberg: "No country alone can forestall or contain the impending second China shock.” asiatimes.com/2024/10/how-be… via Asia Times

Nadège Rolland quotes #ShinzoAbe: ”[T]his very dangerous idea posits that #borders and exclusive #economiczones are determined by #nationalpower, and that as long as #China’s #economy continues to grow, its sphere of influence will continue to expand.” bit.ly/3zt9Q8g

An insightful conversation with Nadège Rolland of The National Bureau of Asian Research on the arc of Chinese power. 📸 from this morning ⬇️ #Quad #FourSight24

The answer seems obvious, but clearly it’s not to some. thebulwark.com/p/would-trump-…

America’s longstanding support for Israel has always been based on Israel’s unique status as a flourishing Middle East democracy. Does that sound like the kind of thing Trump cares deeply about? Aaron Friedberg and Gabriel Schoenfeld 🇮🇱🇺🇦🇺🇸 on Trump and Israel: thebulwark.com/p/would-trump-…

Exactly.

The upcoming Chancay port inauguration by Xi Jinping raises an interesting strategic equation Deep-sea port + BRI + consortium of PRC banks $3.5bn investment + PRC SOE sole operation + location, location, location! marineinsight.com/shipping-news/…

China Shock 2.0 is hitting developing and developed nations alike. A valuable and important piece of work from Jacob Gunter and Claus Soong MERICS

"Tariffs are not a magic weapon, but they are an indispensable tool in defending against the increasingly corrosive and dangerous effects of China’s mercantilist policies." From Aaron Friedberg: Tariffs Are a Scalpel, Not a Hammer. foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/tar…

Trump's Tariffs Can Work—With the Right Targets foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/tar…

Tariffs Are a Scalpel, Not a Hammer foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/tar…

NBR counselor Aaron Friedberg in Foreign Policy: "#Tariffs are not a magic weapon, but they are an indispensable tool in defending against the increasingly corrosive and dangerous effects of #China’s mercantilist policies." foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/tar…

Strongly recommend this new study of the evolution and application of US economic sanctions. Historically rich, insightful and with important implications for the future of American power. Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare a.co/d/556HbvC #Amazon

theamericanenterprise.com/the-unraveling…

Full context on how Beijing is trolling us: - Trump team gave away one of the most important inference chips to Beijing after Nvidia lobbied, easing Beijing’s path to AI dominance. - Trump team knows this is embarrassing, so they pretended it was part of trade talks to make it