America Needs More Than Innovation to Compete With China; How the Spread of Mass Shootings Is Distorting and Diminishing U.S. Soft Power; A Plan to Survive Trump’s Trade War
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The Real AI Race

America Needs More Than Innovation to Compete With China

By Colin H. Kahl and Jim Mitre

 

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American Gun Violence Goes Global

How Its Spread Is Distorting and Diminishing U.S. Soft Power

By Jacob Ware

 
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How Japan—and Other U.S. Allies—Can Work Around America

A Plan to Survive Trump’s Trade War

By Tatsuya Terazawa

 

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