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I taught today. Half of the students in my current seminar on Great Power Competition are international. The American students in this class — including four military officers — are learning a ton from them. So am I.

It is superpower suicide to stop the best foreign minds from coming to the United States and using their talents to propel American prosperity and technological advantage.

This piece provides insight into China’s blueprint for strengthening manufacturing capacity to make the world more dependent on China and China less dependent on world. It also offers a warning about the emerging protectionist echo from China’s strategy. on.ft.com/4kB18qr

Interesting and useful set of China book recommendations by Kaiser Kuo below.

The US govt has good reasons to be concerned about Chinese espionage, but broad bans undermine rights and are counterproductive. My January piece on how to effectively address this issue: chinafile.com/reporting-opin…

The best way for the US to stay ahead of China is to poach their talent. It’s reasonable to target individuals who pose a real security risk, but it’s self-sabotage to go after anyone in a broad field like AI. ~90% of Chinese STEM PhDs stay in the US and help us keep an edge.

In a short perspective on US-China trade war for TIME, I argue that until the Trump Admin can articulate concrete objectives, a strategy for achieving them, and a vision of a productive process for doing so, the U.S.-China trade war will stay stalemated time.com/7289950/trump-…

European scientists, fleeing tyranny, helped build the A-bomb & space program.

The 90-day trade truce gives the Trump admin "time and space to do its homework. That means discarding the failed assumptions that Xi will cave under pressure and instead... homing in on what specifically Trump is aiming to achieve." @Ryanl_hass for TIME: brook.gs/3SXfXrE

This profile of “wild writer” Hu Anyan beautifully captures the grit, grind, hustle, and pressure of being a laborer and delivery person in China⁩, as well as the role Hu and other workers-turned-writers are playing in bringing these stories to life. on.ft.com/3HdAt4T

Admiral Davidson coined the “2027 Davidson window.” General Minihan and others created their own timelines. Secretary Austin said conflict not “imminent or inevitable.” Admiral Paparo closed the “Davidson window.” Now, it appears, DoD is back to warning of imminence of conflict.

Demetri Obviously, after firing 21 top generals in the past 18 months, Xi just needs to fire a dozen or so more and the PLA will be totally ready to invade Taiwan and defeat the US and it's allies. So imminent.

In addition to the inconsistency of DoD messaging, another problem is that Hegseth’s message appears out of synch with President Trump’s projection of confidence that China would never dare provoke him over Taiwan. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Ryan Hass The past several public statements by ODNI, DCIA, and DIA also closed the 2027 Davidson window as a war date. It will be interesting to see if this changes.

How are local fiscal constraints in China shaping stability at the grassroots? New piece in China Leadership Monitor on party-state efforts to address the problem of "profit-seeking law enforcement":