Excited to be hosting this Foreign Policy Research Institute virtual event on the current state of AUKUS. With AUKUS under review at @DeptofDefense, it’s an important time to have this discussion. Glad to be joined by Dr Emma Salisbury, Tom Corben, and Alex Gray! fpri.org/event/2025/auk…

Come join me and some far smarter folks for an in-depth discussion of AUKUS later this month ⬇️ fpri.org/event/2025/auk…

Tucker Interviews Saruman To Talk About Rohan’s Warmongering babylonbee.com/news/tucker-in…

Chinese provocations in the Yellow Sea are part of broader campaign by Beijing to assert its influence over the region wsj.com/world/asia/the…

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With a 3rd round of U.S.-China trade talks now scheduled for July 27-30 in Stockholm, I'm very much looking forward to discuss the present moment in bilateral relations with my dear friend Trudy Rubin in this Foreign Policy Research Institute Asia Program webinar next Thursday 7/31: fpri.org/event/2025/sta…

🔴 Britain is ready to fight in the Pacific if conflict breaks out over Taiwan, the Defence Secretary has said. Read more here 👇 telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

If you’re looking for insights on DoD’s AUKUS Review watch my Foreign Policy Research Institute conversation with Alex Gray, Dr Emma Salisbury, and Tom Corben youtu.be/p8_vpbbzxO8

While we wait to hear more news out of the U.S.-China talks in Stockholm, I had the distinct honor of being interviewed by the great Trudy Rubin on the bilateral relationship for the Foreign Policy Research Institute Asia Program yesterday. Here's the recording of our conversation: youtube.com/watch?v=teQPe2…

Excited to share that I am starting my PhD in Public Policy at UT Austin’s LBJ School, focusing on alliance politics, Indo-Pacific security & U.S. grand strategy. Grateful to continue as a Non-Resident Fellow with Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Asia Program!

The draft of the 2025 National Defense Strategy, which was distributed to officials this week, is roughly 80 pages and takes cues from Vance's speech to the Munich Security Conference, as well as Colby's book, "The Strategy of Denial," according to a person who has read the

After 14 years, I think the time has come to acknowledge that the "Rebalance to Asia" has failed. I've spent the last decade writing and thinking about how to make the rebalance successful, so this is a painful realization. A thread on my new piece for RSIS 🧵

"He's a brave man, and he's putting up one hell of a fight." - President Donald J. Trump with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

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The Tolkien defense industrial base (T-DIB) expands. It’s beautiful

Gulf of Hate goes hard

I'm excited to be hosting Francis J. Gavin next Tuesday (October 14) at 2 PM ET for a Foreign Policy Research Institute virtual talk about his new book, Thinking Historically! We’ll dig into how a historian’s mindset can sharpen strategy and statecraft. Register now! fpri.org/event/2025/str…

Along with our Zhengfawei 政法委 colleagues, I've enjoyed a fairly constant on and offline conversation with my friend Victor Shih since February 2021, and so it was a delight to continue our chat before a terrific live audience at Foreign Policy Research Institute yesterday, video here: youtube.com/watch?v=xZ7BTE…

Missed opportunity to incorporate more Lord of the Rings terminology. Not too late to name this Gwaihir’s Eye