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The U.S. Department of State recently released a report outlining a new strategy for policy regarding China. In this five part series, Director of Policy Planning, Peter Berkowitz outlines the Elements of the China Challenge. For more, go to www.state.gov/eofcc

Good morning, it’s Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. Today is the 174th anniversary of Iowa statehood. In all that time, oddly, the Hawkeye State hasn’t learned how to properly tabulate presidential votes. It’s true that part of the problem earlier this year was caused by meddling politicians in Washington, D.C., although, if you think about it, that’s a theme with broader application. In any event, the Feb. 3, 2020, Iowa caucuses fiasco was a harbinger of chaos to come. Today is also the annivers...

The debate over what China wants and why Beijing acts the way it does continues. The Center for the National Interest recently hosted a panel of experts to discuss Chinas foreign policy. The transcript of the event can found below. More than a half-century ago, George Kennan published an analysis of the sources of Soviet conduct that helped to shape US policy toward Moscow throughout the Cold War.  More recently, the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff – an organization that Kennan fo...

The Sources of Chinese Conduct: A Debate Recently, the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff published an analysis of 21st-century Chinese conduct meant to provide the underpinnings for a new American approach to contending with Beijing’s growing might. Did they get it right? What is the nature of our competition with China? And what should we be aiming for? A recent panel examined these questions. More than a half-century ago, George Kennan published an analysis of the sources of Sovi...

The Cold War with China has begun   December 11, 2020 (JNS) — Not long before a virus born in China began spreading around the globe, destroying lives, devastating economies, and, oh yes, shutting down the Washington social scene, I attended an elegant, off-the-record dinner hosted by a well-funded think tank of the libertarian persuasion. The guest of honor, a senior figure in the Trump administration, excused himself before dessert, citing pressing matters of state. At that point, a dist...

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Free speech. even salespeople who dont know what the amendment is. im surprised because it doesn seem to have been educated that well by the first amendment. but it is a progressive sort of movement that is dangerous because once they control free spooech, they can be ash xxs of what is said. >> i was reading your book by peter berkowitz and he was saying how you repeatedly criticized the self esteem movement, which subls constitutes flattery for the cultivation. is that what youre seeing? the c...

diversity and inclusion, saying, "it might make a space that is unsafe for students, even moron safe. we have also seen national attention this week on a similar debate at yale where a administrators are trying to convince angry young people at yale that the exchange of ideas, defensive or not, is the foundation of higher learning, not to mention the first amendment. students were told this week to call campus police if they heard offensive peach or insulting speech, the vice president...

diversity and inclusion, saying, "it might make a space that is unsafe for students, even moron safe. we have also seen national attention this week on a similar debate at yale where a administrators are trying to convince angry young people at yale that the exchange of ideas, defensive or not, is the foundation of higher learning, not to mention the first amendment. students were told this week to call campus police if they heard offensive peach or insulting speech, the vice president...

Syria doesnt spread more? >> jordan is a crucial ally for the united states. its a prow*erpb sunni monarchy. its made peace with israel in the mid 1990s, its always been supportive of us. during the syrian civil war the jordanians have absorbed 400,000 refugees from syria who flooded the country, and the country was already facing problems because they have a 70% palestinian population and they are witnessing the rice of the muslim brotherhood there. jordan shares borders with israel, with syria...