Ready or not, AI government is already here
In April, the General Services Administration announced plans to automate 1 million work hours annually after cutting nearly 40% of its staff since October 2024, with similar reductions being seen...
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Rearming Japan: Ambition, constraints, and limits
Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. In barely half a year, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pushed Japan’s defense policy into unfamiliar territory. The FY2026 main defense...
Trump expected to drop IRS suit in exchange for MAGA...
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday accused US President Donald Trump of “orchestrating a $1,700,000,000 fraud on the American taxpayer to line the pockets of his MAGA political...
Salesman Trump leaves China with very little in his bag
Few things enrage Donald Trump more than being upstaged, particularly when he is on the biggest stage of both his stints as US president — in Beijing. Though Trump World...
Miles of smiles belie a fraught and fragile Trump-Xi summit
Diplomacy involves the art of telling lies with a straight face or even a reassuring smile. On day one of Donald Trump’s China visit, political correctness and diplomatic finesse were...
Trump-Xi summit puts US exports, Iran at center of reset...
US President Donald Trump’s Beijing summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping has produced a package of Chinese commitments on US soybeans, energy and aircraft, giving both governments a basis to...
Getting to yes on reopening Hormuz
Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. Iran’s response to the latest US peace proposal and President Donald Trump’s fulsome rejection of it is another setback...
Iran’s cyberwar reaches the families of American troops
The reported Handala leak should not be dismissed as another routine cyber incident. It is a sign that hostile actors now see personal information as a weapon of intimidation. According...
Trump-Xi summit: no grand bargain, only managed instability
When Donald Trump meets Xi Jinping in Beijing, neither side is likely to get what it wants. Trump wants Chinese help in ending the war with Iran. Xi wants the...
Break with US policy: Trump to discuss Taiwan arms sales with...
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are likely to discuss many issues as they meet this week in Beijing. But alongside trade, technology and the war in Iran, one topic of...
