
bob davis
@bobdavis187
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Author of "Broken Engagement" --interviews on U.S. China policy--and "Superpower Showdown" with @Lingling_Wei on Trump's trade war. https://t.co/Ui96fjJ8Q2
Washington, DC
Joined December 2010
My new book, "Broken Engagement," with interviews of top China policy makers is like a conversation across administrations about engaging with China, competing with China and, more recently, defending against China.
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RT @Lingling_Wei: While the US is in for some serious reflection, the risk for Beijing is that a burst of geopolitical cockiness will blind….
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RT @BillKristol: "A group of former lawyers from DOJ and major firms launched a nonprofit to take on cases for free opposing actions by the….
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A group of former lawyers from the U.S. Justice Department and major law firms launched a new nonprofit on Monday to take on cases for free opposing actions by the Trump administration.
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RT @TheresaAFallon: Trump wants a deal. Putin wants victory in Ukraine.
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Steve Witkoff is visiting Moscow this week - is it a sign that an agreement between Russia and the US to end the fighting in Ukraine could yet be reached?
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RT @haaretzcom: In a rare joint appeal, former Mossad, Shin Bet and IDF heads call for an immediate end to the Gaza war, warning it now ser….
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RT @haaretzcom: Israeli novelist David Grossman declares with "immense pain and a broken heart" that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza,….
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Right out of Xi Jinping’s playbook. Don’t like the numbers? Change them or get someone who will. —Trump Orders Firing of Top Labor Official
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The July jobs report showed hiring slowed last month and unemployment ticked up to 4.2%. Trump’s tariffs and trade deals continue to affect global markets. Follow along for live updates on the Dow,...
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Heartbroken, Israeli author David Grossman, who has written movingly of the pain inflicted on Israelis by war, calls Gaza war a 'genocide.’ He says reoccupying Gaza would be madness that would lead to deaths among the settlers and their defenders.
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U.S. turn to protectionism combined with Chinese overproduction is killing the prospects for developing nations. Trade is no longer a reliable path to development. Indonesia is a prime example. @JonathanEmont
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In Indonesia and elsewhere, export manufacturing helped narrow the wealth gap with the West, creating a consumer class, but that transformation has stalled.
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Could also call this Social Security-Plus, which was a Clinton (@genebsperling ) idea of an add-on to traditional accounts.
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A warning from one of the “two Michaels”seized by China. China travel requires assessing if the “state security apparatus might deem your activities suspicious and while you’re there, your government or organization might do something to offend the CCP.”
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From exit bans to arbitrary arrests, vague laws, unsubstantiated charges, grueling prison sentences, and secret executions — the risks keep growing.
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A lovely exit column by a fine journalist. So lucky to have been able to make a comfortable living by stringing sentences together. Me too.
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An occupation writing sentences as a journalist for 47 years feels like a miracle.
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RT @Lingling_Wei: Such rumors, however unsubstantiated, are not just noise. They expose a system whose opacity breeds paranoia and a public….
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RT @BryanHoch: Four errors for the Yankees, and even more balls kicked around. Has to be their sloppiest defensive game of the season.
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RT @EdwardGLuce: “Zbig” is a pleasure to read, written in the same plainspoken, lucid prose as Luce’s columns. Luce does a wonderful job re….
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In “Zbig,” Edward Luce tells the story of Zbigniew Brzezinski, a leading American strategist who had a notably eventful run as Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser.
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RT @aarondmiller2: We'll look back on this catastrophe shaking our heads all the while wondering why so many innocents had to die. Hamas se….
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At a time when nuclear fusion finally seems plausible, Trump cuts to science budgets could hobble the US and convince Chinese scientists in the U.S. to go home.
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The race to achieve nuclear fusion is one of the most consequential technological contests of the century. Who will win it?
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RT @dennisw5: This story has not gotten the attention it deserves. We may finally bring one of these audacious, Chinese government directe….
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Chinese national Xu Zewei arrested in Milan for links to Silk Typhoon and cyber attacks on U.S. agencies, including Microsoft Exchange breaches
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RT @MeganApper: Fascinating interview with @SecYellen and @bobdavis187 discussing her "distinguished career" (Bessent's words from spri….
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The former Treasury Secretary and Fed chair discusses why tariffs won't work, her efforts to rebuild relations with China under Biden and her issues working within the administration.
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RT @Brad_Setser: Really interesting interview. Yellen's long discussion of the so called Shanghai Accord is incredibly interesting . (t….
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