– WaPo’s Davie Weigel details the Trump campaign’s China ploy.
– Evan Osnos of the New Yorker argues that it’s dangerous.
– Industrial policy on chips? Looks like it.
– India leery of Chinese investment.
– CoS in training: Mark Meadows in the WH.
– Drezner reviews scholarly thinking about the pandemic and world politics.
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