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While we threaten the Canadians with tariffs and annexation, they’re standing with us in the Taiwan Strait. There’s no coherent or systematic logic to the Trump administration’s coercion of allies right now. It’s all just vibes. focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...

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Asahi Shimbun, leading Japanese newspaper, has a sharp take on the “Gulf of America” drama and the decision to ban AP: “What is going on in the White House is foolish beyond belief” H/t @tobiasharris.bsky.social

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“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.” Scotten served three combat tours in Iraq as a U.S. Army Special Forces Officer and earned two Bronze Stars. Clerked for Roberts and Kavanaugh.

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Had this to say in Nahal Toosi’s column on Trump China policy. “Trump helped create the bipartisan consensus on outcompeting China, & his staff generally gets it, but many people worry that his policies from trade to TikTok to Taiwan risk making China great again." www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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And it has huge national security implications. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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Kash Patel is reportedly (1) on SHEIN’s payroll, (2) appears to have concealed or understated these relationships, (3) won’t divest while being FBI director and (4) supports cutting efforts to counter PRC influence.

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Disturbing ties between Kash Patel and SHEIN — a PRC company implicated in forced labor in Xinjiang. He has millions in shares and won’t divest. Especially concerning amid reports that DOJ/FBI is going to reduce focus on PRC influence efforts in the US. Full detail below from Roger Sollenberger:

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Look guys. It’s pretty simple. They said they were China hawks—they just never specified which China.

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The new acting Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy — State’s top public diplomacy official: 1) not only denies the Uyghur genocide but appears to applaud it 2) says the US should sell out Taiwan to China for concessions in Antarctica (???)

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Hey chat, is this cope?

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Did they fire the Special Security Officers for doing their jobs? Never heard of anything like this. You can’t simply walk into a SCIF and access a classified system, even if you have clearance!

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Trump's top defense official for Southeast Asia on cutting aid to the Philippines: "The US might begin a cooperation spiral with China by proposing to remove US military forces or weapons systems from the Philippines in exchange for the CCG executing fewer patrols..."

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very curious what Sen. Tom Cotton thinks about this photo

submitted 33 days ago • 23 comments

It’s more a “don’t trust the guys hacking your critical infrastructure to run your social media, bro” kind of thing

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Is that really the CEO of TikTok sitting next to the next Director of National Intelligence — Tulsi Gabbard — at President Trump’s inauguration? Evidently, yes.

submitted 33 days ago • 16 comments

TikTok had 268 days to sell itself so it wasn’t operated by China. That would have solved everything. But they didn’t even try. China wouldn’t let them. Now, with time short, they want Biden to ignore a bipartisan law SCOTUS upheld 9-0. If they shut down, it’s on them.

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The fate of #China economist #GaoShanwen, reportedly silenced by #XiJinping for having offered a pessimistic view about GDP, is reminiscent of censoring increasing Gini, silencing Dr. #GaoYaojie on AIDS epidemic or Dr. #LiWenliang on Covid, covering up train wrecks, etc. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

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Mike Pence on today’s certification of Trump’s win: “…it being particularly admirable that Vice President Harris would preside over the certification of a presidential election that she lost.”

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

This account just opened up, reposted all my posts, and simply added “121” to my handle in an effort to pretend to be me. @rushdoshi121.bsky.social

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Friends, please help me report this false account that is impersonating me. It’s @rushdoshl.bsky.social 1) The brilliant handle innovation was to substitute the “i” in Doshi for “I” 2) It’s also reposted all my old posts, which is sort of dispositive evidence of intentional deception.

submitted 56 days ago • 4 comments

Economic and strategic conflicts may increase between Beijing and Washington during Trump’s second term, but Trump’s isolation could also benefit China in several ways, writes Yan Xuetong.

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Spot on thread from @michaelpettis.bsky.social

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Actually X is still kinda fun. You can troll anyone there.

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There are apparently loyalty tests for those who seeking to serve in foreign policy, defense, and intel jobs in Trump 2.0. They’re administered by Charlie Kirk, Sergio Gor, and John McEntee: - What did you think of January 6? - Was the 2020 election stolen? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/u...

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This is an excellent piece by @rushdoshi.bsky.social on the scale of the US’ challenge vis-à-vis China - as well as the forthcoming conflict at the WH between Trump’s preference for deal-making vs his incoming security and for pol teams’ reliance on a competitiveness approach to China.

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Delightfully bonkers. “The French Suffren SSN class was the reference design for the diesel Attack class that Australia intended to buy before switching to SSNs. It offers the solution to our AUKUS problems.” aspistrategist.org.au/aukus-risks-... Not a single word on the risks/downsides of this.

submitted 79 days ago • 11 comments

"Trump’s team should remember that the key to this decisive decade is not just what the United States does abroad. What it does at home to improve its competitive position may be even more important," writes @rushdoshi.bsky.social.

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PLAN amphibious naval base in Pudong, Shanghai. Two Type 075, two Type 071 (one of which carries the supposed experimental laser weapon ahead of the bridge), multiple Type 072 series LST. Via 这丫头有点风/Wb.

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Vanda Felbab-Brown & Bill de Blasio⁩ kick off Brookings Foreign Policy's #FentanylEpidemicForum, an important milestone in a multi-year @brookingsinst.bsky.social⁩ project that provides evidence-based, actionable policy recommendations on domestic & global drug policy

submitted 80 days ago • 3 comments