Taming the “Trump of the Tropics” | Short-Circuiting China | Blasé About Armageddon, and more

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Biden Short-Circuits China  (Rishi Iyengar, Foreign Policy)
The latest U.S. moves undermine China’s ability to import, manufacture, and export the semiconductors that run the world.

How Ukraine Is Remaking War  (Lauren Kahn, Foreign Affairs)
At the outset of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, most experts expected that Kyiv would fall quickly. The question was not if Moscow’s forces would depose the Ukrainian government but when regime change would happen.

What Ever Happened to Our Fear of Armageddon?  (Jim Walsh, Responsible Statecraft)
Subsequent efforts to cut arsenals or keep weapons from ‘bad guys’ have inured the public from the real danger: the nukes themselves.

When Pipeline Politics Go Boom  (Stephen Kinzer, Responsible Statecraft)
We may never know who sabotaged Nordstream 2. But it wasn’t the first, nor likely the last casualty of such fierce geopolitical conflict.

The Anglosphere Needs a Customs Union  (Michael Lind, National Interest)
The five “core Anglosphere” nations on their own would add up to a very impressive economic bloc.

Ukraine’s Dream Could Be Taiwan’s Nightmare  (Michael Spirtas, War on the Rocks)
Russia’s poor performance in Ukraine has bolstered the hopes of those who seek to deter Chinese aggression against Taiwan, but there is reason to expect that Taiwan would be more difficult to defend than Ukraine. 

Britain “Exposed” to Russian Missile Attacks  (Danielle Sheridan, The Telegraph)
Former commander warns only way to protect London from hypersonic or ballistic attack would be to station a Type 45 destroyer in the Thames