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It's one thing to think last Admin was too tough on allies re burden sharing. But it doesn't make sense to go back to *saying* allies needed to do more

There is some valuable analysis in this report, but on the defense front this report is deeply flawed. There are other sections of value in report but, candidly, I don't

I make the case why Taiwan is defensible & why US shld defend it in @WSJopinion: https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-can-defend-taiwan-11611684038?mod=e2two. No 2 ways abt it: V. tough to do, BUT can be done

My growing concern: What does this signal about Biden team's appreciation for the profound challenge posed by China - INCLUDING its hard power & incl military power? We hear a

As Kaplan&I noted in our @ForeignAffairs piece: "ideology does not lie at the root of the matter between the United States and China—even if elements in China’s Marxist-Leninist elite think

Mearsheimer typically lucid & on point in this interview w @kenji_minemura. What I find discordant though is his sanguinity wrt potential Dem admin standing up to PRC bid for regional

R Kagan @brookingsfp is largely right here. That said, I think it's important to distinguish the special import of defending Taiwan from the kind of 360 hawk assertiveness that Kagan

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