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"The G-7 approach has three facets: ignore Russian intimidation, economically decouple from China and court nations throughout the Global South," Paul Poast writes.

Dina Smeltz shares public opinion on the key topics that will be discussed at the first 2020 presidential debate.

Oriana Skylar Mastro takes a minute to discuss China's approach to projecting influence as a global military power and what it means for the US and its allies.

"Participants ranked the country 26 out of 100 on the Council’s 0–100 feeling thermometer, which dropped China 32 spots from its 2022 position," The Hill's Ashleigh Fields writes.

The incident reflects the emerging adversarial pathology of US-China relations, which is increasingly obstructing any efforts at mutual understanding, Paul Heer writes.

"An outright invasion is currently the least likely contingency," writes Council President Ivo Daalder for Politico.

In Illinois, Chinese investors own only about one square mile of land, while Portuguese, Italian, and Canadian interests hold over 760 square miles combined.

Experts James Dobbins and Douglas Lute discuss whether and how an endgame might take shape in America's longest war.