May 8, 2026 | View in Browser | Sponsored by Special Competitive Studies Project

This week’s highlights:

- Iran’s New Oil Weapon by Gregory Brew

- This Is Not the World Russia Wants by Hanna Notte

- Xi’s Forever Purge by Neil Thomas and Shengyu Wang

- Podcast: Fiona Hill discusses Trump, Putin, and Genghis Khan

- China and America Are Courting Nuclear Catastrophe by Tong Zhao

- The Price of Peace With Iran by Tom Pickering, Gabrielle Rifkind, and Paul Ingram

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, January 2026

Trump’s China Trap

Why Xi Keeps Winning the Summitry Game

By Michael Kovrig

A ship seizure in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, April 2026

Iran’s New Oil Weapon

How America Can Protect Itself—and the Global Economy

By Gregory Brew

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a military ceremony in Moscow, February 2026

This Is Not the World Russia Wants

A Belligerent America Is Foiling Putin’s Strategy

By Hanna Notte

At the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 2026

Xi’s Forever Purge

The Real Goal Behind China’s “Self-Revolution”

By Neil Thomas and Shengyu Wang

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