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Craig Kafura offers his take on how both a Trump or Harris administration might approach US-Taiwan policy.

"Washington and Beijing, driven by false assumptions, will probably continue the cycle of interactive steps that risk escalating bilateral tensions," Paul Heer argues.

"Participants ranked the country 26 out of 100 on the Council’s 0–100 feeling thermometer, which dropped China 32 spots from its 2022 position," The Hill's Ashleigh Fields writes.

A majority now say the United States should work to actively limit the growth of China's power, Council polling finds.

"They may be preparing to better operate with Russia as they square off against South Korea," Karl Friedhoff says.

"Pandora’s Box has been opened, and there is no shutting it," Paul Poast writes.

Paul Poast explores two key questions regarding hegemony: Does the US have it? And does China seek it?

"For Netanyahu, the destruction of Gaza was a demonstration to Tehran of Israel’s willingness to utilize massive military force," Paul Poast writes.

Cécile Shea unpacks what the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran could mean for the region.

A win for the former president would surely further galvanize the bloc’s populist parties and encourage their normalization—much as it did in the US.