Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific Construct / Stephen Nagy and Jonathan Berkshire Miller
Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific Construct / Stephen Nagy and Jonathan Berkshire Miller
We’re falling further behind China in critical minerals: Heather Exner-Pirot in the Financial Post

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1. Foreign aid

President Joe Biden is poised to sign legislation today granting billions in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. His expected signature comes after the Senate passed the $95 billion foreign aid package Tuesday following months of delays. The bipartisan legislation includes sanctions on Iran, the seizure of frozen Russian sovereign assets and a measure that could lead to a nationwide ban of TikTok. Its passage is a significant victory for Biden, congressional Democrats and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, who has long pushed to send aid to Ukraineeven as the right wing of his party increasingly soured on support …

Double Trouble: Goodbye globalization? Balkan Devlen with Elisabeth Braw
Double Trouble: Goodbye globalization? Balkan Devlen with Elisabeth Braw
Our public schools need a lot more than a vape and cellphone ban: Daniel Dorman in the Toronto Sun