BREAKING CHINA'S HOLD; HOW TO GET AHEAD IN D.C.

Breaking China’s Hold
Dan Blumenthal and Derek Scissors | Atlantic
As Beijing’s ambition of overtaking the American economy stalls, its strategy is shifting to economic coercion. The US must be prepared

Here Are the Books You Should Have Given or Received
Compiled by Josiah Johnson | AEIdeas
From wonkish policy analysis to popular history to engrossing fiction, AEI research fellows' book recommendations include something for just about everybody.

US Military's Failing Deterrence Against China
'They Are Putting Capability in the Field Faster Than We Are'by Judith Bergman

Trained To Kill: Iranian Mullahs' Militia Group

India: Care for Minorities Intact

Describing why and how the Communist Chinese regime subverts democracies around the world, Michael Beckley and Hal Brands argue that ideology, not practicality, drives these efforts. Beckley and Brands say democratic leaders need to recognize that China’s government has deeply held ideological motives to weaken democracies and promote its own authoritarian form of governance.

Following the US-Africa Leaders Forum in Washington last week, Michael Rubin identifies what’s missing in America’s Africa strategy. “None of America’s investment will matter,” writes Rubin, “if the United States has no model to which it can point on the continent to demonstrate the wisdom and benefits of African states casting their lot with America.”

How To Shift DoD’s Supply Chain Mindset From Tactical to Strategic
By Chris Frye, Defense News: “The president’s executive order on America’s supply chains and the CHIPS and Science Act underscore an urgent need to enlist emerging technology and hybrid models to enable resilient, competitive and sustainable supply chains.”

Offset-X:
How to Ensure the U.S. Military Stays Ahead of Russia and China
By James Holmes, 1945: “"“Offset-X,” an aspirational effort aimed at “achieving and maintaining military-technological superiority over all potential adversaries . . ."

How to Get Ahead in Washington: Lessons from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, Part 2, by Iskander Rehman 

Eight Thoughts on Israel’s Political Crisis
The rise of Middle Eastern culture in Israel is to be celebrated. The rise of Middle Eastern politics will make our fate identical to that of our neighbors

A New Path For Syria’s Kurds, 

Deterrence Through Doctrine: The Case for a Joint Counter-Landing Doctrine, by Dylan Buck and Zach Ota

Looking Back at President Biden’s Foreign Policy, with Christopher Preble, Zack Cooper, and Melanie Marlowe

How the Defense Industry Became a Defining Feature of the U.S. Economy
By Loren Thompson, Forbes: "A hundred years ago, the United States did not have a defense industry. At least, not in the sense that term is used today."

Robert Kaplan’s The Tragic Mind Counsels Prudence and Realism in Ukraine and the South China Sea
By Francis P. Sempa, RealClearDefense: “The Defense Department’s top procurement official is taking aim at watchdog-type laws that are put in place to discourage corruption in government.”

U.S. Enabling North Korea, So South Korea Wants Nuclear Weapons