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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Biden Isn’t Driving Investors Out of China

New restrictions on U.S. investments in high-tech sectors follow a trend of foreign firms fading out.

China Brief
James Palmer
Visitors to the Dobbins Outlook view the lights of Phoenix, which is now the fifth-largest city in the United States.
Visitors to the Dobbins Outlook view the lights of Phoenix, which is now the fifth-largest city in the United States.

Arizona Is Not Running Out of Water or Workers

The state will remain a destination for foreign investment due to a skilled workforce, leadership in water conservation, and low tax burdens.

Response
Danny Seiden
Two adults wearing matching lanyards designating them as volunteers sit next to each other at a table with laptops in front of them. One of the volunteers leans to the side to look at the other's screen as he types. Behind the volunteers, other people sit at tables with laptops and phones.
Two adults wearing matching lanyards designating them as volunteers sit next to each other at a table with laptops in front of them. One of the volunteers leans to the side to look at the other's screen as he types. Behind the volunteers, other people sit at tables with laptops and phones.

Inside the White House-Backed Effort to Hack AI

Hackers, students, and government officials gathered at DEF CON to push chatbots over the edge.

Dispatch
Rishi Iyengar
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference held at the Florida National Guard Robert A. Ballard Armory in Miami, Florida.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference held at the Florida National Guard Robert A. Ballard Armory in Miami, Florida.

DeSantis Is Out to Prove He’s the GOP’s Top China Hawk

The Florida governor looks to correct his slide in the polls with a major China speech.

Report
Jack Detsch
Laborers wearing hats and neon safety vests pause their work to look at the camera. They stand in front of a scaffold-covered building with a cement truck beside it.
Laborers wearing hats and neon safety vests pause their work to look at the camera. They stand in front of a scaffold-covered building with a cement truck beside it.

Japan Might Have an Answer to Chinese Rare-Earth Threats

Tokyo successfully built alternative supply chains after tensions rose.

Analysis
Joseph Rachman
A woman wearing a blue uniform shirt and face mask glances up as she unwraps a length of fabric at her work station. Around her, dozens of women in identical blue shirts and masks lean over desks as they feed fabric through sewing machines. Each desk has a Chinese flag displayed on it.
A woman wearing a blue uniform shirt and face mask glances up as she unwraps a length of fabric at her work station. Around her, dozens of women in identical blue shirts and masks lean over desks as they feed fabric through sewing machines. Each desk has a Chinese flag displayed on it.

Chinese Sanctions Enforcement Just Got Even Harder

A new campaign is blurring the lines of what’s implicated in forced labor.

Analysis
Aaron Glasserman
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi waves as he walks through the 77th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi waves as he walks through the 77th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City.

Iran’s Grand Strategy Has Fundamentally Shifted

Tehran has shifted to using carrots in the region—and reserving sticks for the United States and Israel.

Analysis
Kenneth M. Pollack
A woman walks past a currency exchange office in Moscow.
A woman walks past a currency exchange office in Moscow.

Russia’s Ruble Hits 16-Month Low

It’s becoming impossible to ignore Moscow’s currency crisis.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
A woman leans down against a desk to vote at a polling station in Malaysia. A cardboard privacy shield blocks her from view from the shoulders up.
A woman leans down against a desk to vote at a polling station in Malaysia. A cardboard privacy shield blocks her from view from the shoulders up.

Ethnic Tensions Simmer Under Malaysia’s Elections

A growing nationalist opposition has minorities worried.

Analysis
Joseph Rachman
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang shake hands as they look past the camera. Both men are wearing black suits and dark blue ties, and they stand in front of a U.S. and Chinese flag.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang shake hands as they look past the camera. Both men are wearing black suits and dark blue ties, and they stand in front of a U.S. and Chinese flag.

Purges Don’t Move Policy in China

Personnel are secondary in a Xi-dominated system.

Argument
Michael Rowand
Raisi speaks into a bank of microphones.
Raisi speaks into a bank of microphones.

There Are No Good Deals With Iran

But the Biden administration’s latest negotiations with Tehran are still the best option available.

Analysis
Aaron David Miller
A man in a military uniform is blurred with motion as he walks in front of a large poster depicting a gray F-35 stealth fighter jet as it flies over the streets of Berlin on a cloudy day.
A man in a military uniform is blurred with motion as he walks in front of a large poster depicting a gray F-35 stealth fighter jet as it flies over the streets of Berlin on a cloudy day.

The Fighter Jet Market Enters Its Multipolar Era

Can the F-35—and the United States—keep up with new competition?

Argument
Richard Aboulafia
A visitor views an exhibit of cluster bomb remnants at the Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise Visitor Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 11.
A visitor views an exhibit of cluster bomb remnants at the Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise Visitor Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 11.

Ukraine Can Learn From Southeast Asia

Cambodia and Laos have direct experience with the aftermath of U.S. cluster bombs, now deployed on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Analysis
Verena Hölzl
Afghan women protest against a new Taliban ban on women accessing university education in Kabul.
Afghan women protest against a new Taliban ban on women accessing university education in Kabul.

How the World Can Help Afghan Women Now

Formal recognition of the Taliban is not the answer.

Argument
Shaharzad Akbar, Melanne Verveer
Vacationers on the shore of the Caspian Sea watch the parade in honor of the Day of the Navy of the Russian Federation in Kaspiysk, Russia.
Vacationers on the shore of the Caspian Sea watch the parade in honor of the Day of the Navy of the Russian Federation in Kaspiysk, Russia.

The Caspian Sea Is a Sanctions-Busting Paradise

Ghost voyages and dark port calls by Russian and Iranian vessels are enabling both countries to circumvent Western sanctions and thrive in a shadow economy.

Analysis
Elisabeth Braw
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