ALLIANCES & GLOBAL TRADE

China's brick-and-mortar stores are disappearing at an alarming pace, but the surprising part is that online delivery isn't filling the gap.

If consumers were simply shifting from offline to online, e-commerce should be booming. Instead, both are weakening, suggesting China's… https://t.co/mgXEtrqjqF

— Ken Cao-The China Crash Chronicle (@KenCao_onChina) June 30, 2026

“The [potential] crisis over Taiwan wouldn’t just result in China’s unification. It would also result in the grave delegitimization of American global leadership.”

Revisit this episode of Pekingology, where @HooverInst’s @EyckFreymann joined Senior Fellow @Henrietta_Ivy to…

— CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies (@CSISFreeman) June 30, 2026

Pakistan is becoming China’s arms gateway to the Middle East, marketing Chinese fighters, drones, and air defenses.

Imran Khurshid explains.https://t.co/eN4burjDJj

— Middle East Forum (@meforum) July 2, 2026

American military exceptionalism emerged as an outgrowth of the United States' distinctive governance and economic foundations, transforming militias and the citizen-soldier tradition into the world's most capable and enduring military power. Learn more: https://t.co/8dTwko1fsn

— Hoover Institution (@HooverInst) July 3, 2026