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Global Crises

The US will have a Happy New Year if Trump takes 4 pieces of advice

QI experts outline immediate challenges that will need urgency and a level of realism, and restraint.

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Europe

Trump Ukraine envoy Gen. Kellogg faces 6 stubborn knots on Day 1

From talking to Putin to acknowledging Zelensky's weaknesses, actual responsible statecraft will not be easy

Elbridge Colby
QiOSK

Realists cheer as Elbridge Colby named top DoD official for policy

Trump rounded out his E-Ring Sunday night offering a rare pick for those in the restrainer camp

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Washington Politics

Trump loves tariffs but expect a more complicated trade policy

The incoming president is filling his team with repatriators, decouplers, and derailers when it comes to China and the world

Mike Waltz, Sebastian Gorka, Alex Wong
Washington Politics

Meet Trump's new National Security Council

The president-elect is stacking this critical policy deck with hawks bent on sticking it to China and intervening in war over Taiwan

Billionaire tied to shady military ops could be no. 2 Pentagon pick
Washington Politics

Billionaire tied to shady military ops could be no. 2 Pentagon pick

Stephen Feinberg's galaxy of defense investments includes a company that trained Khashoggi's Saudi killers