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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
Linked Leverage
Shifting Red Lines
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...
