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A Mixed Bag of Weapons

Dear Friends,   The divide between economic and political deals is narrowing, and with it comes a host of tensions and opportunities. The trade war between China and the United States is heating up again, threatening supply chains and striking market fears, but the volatility is both derived from political tensions and forming new ones....

The Business of Peace

Dear Friends,   Two years after Hamas unleashed a devastating attack on Israel that spurred a wider regional battle and a tragic war in Gaza, we are in a moment of cautious hope. A Trump-brokered ceasefire promises to lower the temperature and allow both Palestinians and Israelis to pause and take a breath. It’s not...

Disruptors Abound

Dear Friends,   Silicon Valley and the venture capitalists who built it were the first to welcome “disruptors.” It now seems society more broadly has grown to embrace them. Different from innovators or trailblazers, disruptors aren’t too worried about breaking things. They’re fast, nimble, and action-oriented. They’re not afraid to be wrong. When I look...

Pushing the Limits

Dear Friends,   This week, international news struck a personal note for me, as I was overseas while a major ransomware attack on an aerospace company caused disruptions at airports throughout Europe. Thankfully, I’m now back safely on the home front, but the incident was a stark reminder of how dependent we’ve become on interconnected...

Momentum for Change

Dear Friends, The temperature outside might be dropping but Washington’s efforts to promote national security are heating up. To the south, the United States is taking more aggressive military action against transnational narcotraffickers–striking another vessel off Venezuela’s coast on Monday. To the east, we’re making multibillion-dollar deals to advance our nuclear power industry in lockstep...

Under Attack

Dear Friends,   It was an emotional week for Americans as the relentless disease of political violence claimed its latest tragic victim in the young Charlie Kirk, only to be followed a day later by the anniversary of 9/11 – where we commemorated the thousands of innocents who were senselessly killed under the guise of ideology...

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Summits and Stalemates

Less than a week after President Trump’s departure from Beijing, Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in China in a summit that will inevitably be viewed through the lens of Washington's recent diplomatic engagement with President Xi. Officially, the meeting is about strengthening the Sino-Russian relationship—something Beijing insists is not mutually exclusive to a stable...

Linked Leverage

The conflict between Iran and Washington has evolved into a fight between Iranian resilience and US patience, and so far Tehran appears confident that the impasse will ultimately work in its favor. Iran knows that President Trump is hesitant to resume kinetic attacks—both because of the risk it this poses to American lives and the...

Shifting Red Lines

The ceasefire between Washington and Tehran has devolved into a high-stakes game of chicken rather than a path to a diplomatic resolution. Iran is maintaining control over the Strait of Hormuz, despite the US blockade, and Washington is probing how far it can push back without triggering a full-scale conflict....

Jack Devine: The Spymaster Who Goes to Mass

Speaking about life after the Central Intelligence Agency, Jack Devine became nostalgic. “I’m having a lot of fun,” he said, “but I’m not allowed to overthrow governments.” Mr. Devine, 73, who chronicles his 32 years at the C.I.A. in the memoir “Good Hunting: An American Spymaster’s Story,” had a role in the Iran-contra affair, the...

Successful Compromise

Dear Friends, As the new year approaches, I’m struck by how nations are carefully balancing their economic needs with their political ones, and the compromises they’re making in the process. Whether the US should allow semiconductor chips to be sent to China or if Israel should send gas to Egypt are the types of decisions...

Seizing Opportunity

There was a major escalation in Washington’s pressure campaign against the Venezuelan regime this week when the US military seized the sanctioned oil tanker Skipper off the coast of Venezuela on the very same day that the Nobel Peace Prize was being awarded to Maria Corina Machado—the Venezuelan opposition leader. The Trump administration has been...

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