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Chairman Xi goes to Washington
by Mel Gurtov 1055 words The New Reality China’s President Xi Jinping’s sixth visit to the US has come and gone. Expectations were low for any kind of breakthrough on longstanding issues such as Taiwan’s status, human rights, the SCS, and especially tariffs. The emphasis was on pomp and circumstance, which Trump provided in abundance.…
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New England Governors: Stop Chasing a Nuclear Fantasy
by Rob Okun 789 words Are all six New England governors out of their minds? It’s 2026, renewable energy is surging globally, nuclear power plants remain as dangerous as ever, and they want to build new nukes? On September 30, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey will host her regional counterparts at a “pro-nuclear summit” at the University of…
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Reorientation
by Winslow Myers 680 words Our leaders operate out of a delusional and obsolete paradigm of national self-interest. Xi wanting to “possess” Taiwan: Putin, Ukraine: Netanyahu, Gaza and the West Bank: Trump, Venezuela, Greenland, Cuba, Canada. The climate crisis is rendering these various ideas of empire and much else about international competition into hollowed-out abstractions.…