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View In: China\s MilitaryJ-20 Has the Numbers Edge over F-22: Though the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is arguably the world’s most “superior” air superiority fighter, by the end of this year China will likely have more of its Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragons in service. (Subscribe to 19FortyFive‘s New YouTube Channel here.)  Beijin...

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View In: US China Economic WarThough brief, the exchange between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia on November 16 has become a social media sensation. Xi, assertive if not domineering, lectured the visibly apprehensive Trudeau about the etiquett...

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View In: US China Economic WarWith last month’s release of its new National Security Strategy, the Biden administration has framed America’s unfolding strategic competition with China in distinctly historic terms. “We have entered a consequential new period of American foreign policy that will demand more of the United States i...

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View In: Elite CaptureBy Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The intrepid John Hudson at the Washington Post reports that the US National Intelligence Council has produced a secret report detailing the ways in which the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has intervened in US politics, sometimes in ways tha...

View In: Elite CaptureMusk has important international business ties through Twitter, SpaceX, and Tesla.

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View In: US China Economic WarThe Communist Party of China (CPC) held its 20th National Congress from October 16 to October 22, 2022. Every five years, the delegates of the CPC’s 96 million members meet to elect its top leaders and to set the future direction for the party. One of the main themes of the congress this year was “rejuvenation...