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In February 2023—one year into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine—the Center for a New American Security convened a group of leading U.S. experts on Putin’s Russia and authoritarianism to assess how the war was shaping political stability inside the country.

This article was originally published in Nikkei Asia. When Washington's de facto ambassador to Taiwan, Raymond Greene, explained the Trump administration's approach to cross-Strait relations earlier this month, he offered a preview of the tension on display when President Donald Trump hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on September 24. Xi pressed Washington to move closer to Beijing's position on Taiwan.

Embedded Player U.S. forces are withdrawing from Iraq after a two-decade long military presence. Yet, Iraq is still central to the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran - and is caught in the crossfire. What does the troop withdrawal mean for U.S. influence in the region and does it present an opportunity for other nations to fill the vacuum? Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening.

Summary Why does providing aircraft so often fall short of building an effective air force? Retired Lieutenant General Anthony Rock, Michael Horowitz, and Tobias Switzer join Kyle Atwell to examine the gap between acquiring technology and turning it into military power. Drawing on Switzer’s RAND report, Build Partner Airpower, Not Air Forces, the conversation explores what American air advisors learned in Iraq and Afghanistan and what future missions should do differently.

Janet Egan lives in Washington, but returned home to issue warnings over the technology The leaders of frontier AI developers have called to be regulated, before revelations OpenAI autonomous agents hacked Australian government data. | Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Janet Egan is director of artificial intelligence policy at the Institute for Progress, a policy think tank based in Washington, where she leads analysis of the national security and economic implications posed by frontier models.

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. American chief executives turned out in force to see Xi Jinping, while their Chinese counterparts were absent, a sign of how drastically business ties have changed. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, with his wife, Peng Liyuan, next to President Trump and Melania Trump at the White House on Thursday.Credit...Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times Sept.

Liza Tobin, Former China Director at the US National Security Council, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and Managing Director of Garnaut Global, discusses her expectations and takeaways from the summit between Presidents Trump and Xi. She speaks with Haidi Stroud Watts on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade". Watch the full interview on Bloomberg.

China controls approximately 70 per cent of global rare earth refining, giving Beijing significant leverage over Western manufacturing and defence industries. The US-China trade truce has been extended to January, with Washington lowering levies on Chinese goods in exchange for eased rare earth restrictions. An acceptable US-China deal could might ease the pressure for a while, but it’s unlikely to stop nations from building alternative supply options.

The Department of Veterans Affairs said it has made record progress in processing disability benefits claims, resolving more than 3 million with over a week to go in the fiscal year. And VA said it has awarded more than $207 billion in compensation and pension benefits to veterans and survivors this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.

Features: Series | The New American Defense Industrial Base The U.S. DIB has long struggled with persistent challenges across the supply chain—a danger exacerbated by the Iran war’s depletion of critical munitions stockpiles.