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TikTok bans gain ground in the United States

"There are real concerns about data gathering by Chinese companies," said Aynne Kokas, a professor of the University of Virginia, and author of the book Trafficking Data: How China Is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty. "But the idea that this problem goes away if you ban TikTok, that's just not true."

Aynne Kokas

The Looming Balloon Gap

Eric and Eliot are on their own. They talk about Ukraine, the China Balloon episode, and developments in Turkey and whether or not that relationship is a harbinger of a new day in U.S multilateralism. They ask if the U.S. find new mechanisms like AUKUS to supplement its bilateral relationships in the Indo-Pacific and will it resort to “mini-lateralism” in Europe with countries in the East who are becoming more influential in NATO? They conclude with talking about the ongoing protests in Iran.

Eric Edelman

The Biden administration has a new challenge emerging for the second half of the term

Political appointees often leave an administration after the first two years. The pace of departures from the Biden administration at two years is happening at a quickening pace. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Brookings Institution Senior Fellow, Katie Tenpas.

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

The Lawfare Podcast: The World Crisis and International Law

International law has been under significant stress in the last decade as a result of global populism, the rise of China, the war in Ukraine, and the challenges of the pandemic, climate change, and cybersecurity threats, among many others. To discuss why international law seems to be failing in important respects and what to do about it, Jack Goldsmith sat down with Paul Stephan, the John C. Jeffries, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, and author of the new book, “The World Crisis and International Law: The Knowledge Economy and the Battle for the Future.”

Paul B. Stephan

Can free markets make free people?

Are democratic and capitalist values the same or do we need to strike a balance? Can societies be moral while also making themselves rich? Why should we even care? Join executive strategist and thought leader Jeff Cherry, Ed Freeman of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and Glory Liu, lecturer on social studies at Harvard, as they examine where capitalism and democracy clash, how previous generations have reconciled the conflict between wealth and virtue, and how we can bring these two pillars of liberal society into alignment.

Scott Miller

Speechwriters’ burden is to make their president shine

Mary Kate Cary is lecturer in politics and senior faculty fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs. A group of the author’s speechwriting students contributed to this article, reprinted from 'The Conversation.'

Mary Kate Cary