Ukraine & Russia

Global Redistricting: How Energy Pipelines Are Re-Drawing the World’s Divides

In American politics, few practices are as divisive as redistricting. Every ten years, congressional lines are redrawn, often to entrench one party’s advantage. The process is currently reshaping battlegrounds across the nation: Texas and California are under scrutiny for how their new maps affect representation, Missouripolitics are being jolted by redistricting push, and in Indiana, […]

The Nuclear Stack: Why America Needs a Coherent Strategy for the Atomic Age

The United States is racing to build a technology stack for the 21st century—chips, compute, data centers, talent, standards, and alliances to secure leadership in artificial intelligence. But there is a dangerous mismatch between our digital ambition and our physical preparedness. There is no tech stack without an energy stack. And there is no credible energy stack […]

To Win in Wéiqí, You Must See the Whole Board

When I first studied wéiqí—the ancient Chinese board game known in the West as Go—I was struck by how different its logic is from chess. There is no king to capture, no decisive checkmate. The winner is the player who, over time, quietly shapes the board, surrounds more territory, and leaves the opponent with fewer […]

Strategic Competition in the Second Trump Administration

The strategic competition between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) emerged prominently during Donald Trump’s first administration. Policies such as tariffs and trade restrictions, initially implemented under Trump, were subsequently maintained and expanded under Joe Biden’s administration. Now, as the makeup of the second Trump Administration takes shape and following the […]

America’s AI Strategy: Playing Defense While China Plays to Win

America is making a critical mistake in its AI strategy—it is overreaching in playing defense but doing the opposite in playing offense. While Washington is busy building regulatory walls to restrict access to AI compute power (a term encompassing computational resources used to train and run AI models), China is circumventing these barriers and strategically developing asymmetric advantages. […]

US Has to Catch Up Quickly in Drone Production