2023 Issue 39

The White House makes a push to re-establish neglected relations with Pacific Island nations during and event hosted by President Biden.  Whether or not the United States can fulfill its commitments depends on the approaching federal government shutdown. 

Xi Jinping faces his own problems as doubts emerge over the reliability of the PRC military leadership – it has been a month since the defense minister, General Li Shangfu, went missing and his ministry refuses to even acknowledge he is missing.

On the podcast “The Realignment,” German media CEO, Mathais Döpfner, talks about his new book, The Trade Trap: How to Stop Doing Business with Dictators.