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This week’s highlights:

- China Is Sabotaging the World That Enables Its Rise by Enrico Fardella and Sergey Radchenko

- America and Iran’s Strange Moment of Opportunity by Ali Vaez

- Putin Will Turn a Cease-Fire Into a Weapon by Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte

- How China Is Winning Friends and Influencing People by Lizzi C. Lee and Eric Olander

- Podcast: Paul Scharre discusses the end of American military dominance

- How to Win the Defense Innovation Contest by Colin H. Kahl and Tobias Vestner

- The World Is Giving Up on America by Richard Wike

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Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, July 2026

China Is Sabotaging the World That Enables Its Rise

Beijing’s Risky Bet Against the West

By Enrico Fardella and Sergey Radchenko

Waving an Iranian flag in Tehran, July 2026

America and Iran’s Strange Moment of Opportunity

How a Deadlocked Conflict Can Pave the Way for Peace

By Ali Vaez

A residential building heavily damaged by a Russian strike, Kyiv, Ukraine, July 2026

Putin Will Turn a Cease-Fire Into a Weapon

A New Use for Russia’s Old Playbook in Ukraine

By Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte

Employees taking a selfie at Mixue’s first Brazilian store, Sao Paulo, April 2026

How China Is Winning Friends and Influencing People

Private Companies Are Making Beijing Look Good in the Developing World

By Lizzi C. Lee and Eric Olander

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