[T]his blacklist has long since superseded its original military-related purpose and is now Washington’s means of tracking and suppressing China’s top enterprises.

President Trump’s messy handling of the Iran conflict has helped birth an axis that brings nuclear capability, serious money, and growing international clout together.

[I]n the age of artificial intelligence, copper has become a strategic resource.

[T]he U.S. has shifted from prioritizing allies to prioritizing its own interests.

[T]he great powers court rising generations when they sense shifting power.

It would be difficult to find another instance of an incumbent leader featuring their own face on a bill in a non-monarchic, democratic country.

[T]he United States had itself rendered that alliance network more fragile.