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On Dec. 29, 2025, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reported one of the most intense single-day episodes of Chinese military activity in recent years. Over 100 Chinese aircraft were detected operating around the island, not merely signaling but actively compressing Taiwan’s defensive space. Of these, 90 aircraft crossed the median line, effectively erasing a boundary that had …
I listen to a lot of Bob Dylan--I totally understand, it's old, but it's enduring. There is a through-line that runs through several songs from All Along the Watchtower through No Time to Think, Political World, and Everything Is Broken, and arrives—quietly, defensively, and almost against its own will—at Most of the Time. Or maybe it's the whiskey.... It is really …
Elizabeth Economy’s warning in How China Wins the Future is not fundamentally about military inferiority. It is about strategic displacement—the slow erosion of American influence in the arenas where the rules of future power are being written. When she argues that the United States must “rebuild its capabilities and reclaim its reputation as a responsible global leader,” she …
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