The Weekly Leaf
This week, Donald Trump was re-elected as president of the United States, Germany’s governing coalition collapsed, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and China announced a $1.4 trillion package to reduce local government debt.
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This Week's Content Highlights
Features from Aspen Strategy Group Members
Anja Manuel interviewed by H. Andrew Schwartz for The Truth of the Matter podcast: “Navigating National Security in the Age of AI”
Peter D. Feaver for Foreign Affairs: “How Trump Will Change the World”
Michèle Flournoy and John Hughes interviewed by Emily Kilcrease and Geoffrey Gertz for the Derisky Business podcast: “Careers in Economic Security with Michèle Flournoy and John Hughes”
Susan B. Glasser and Edward Luce interviewed by Gideon Rachman for the Rachman Review podcast: “What Will Donald Trump’s Second Term in Office Look Like?”
Michael J. Green for The Australian Financial Review: “Don’t Worry: America and Australia Will Survive This Election”
Stephen Hadley interviewed by James M. Lindsay for The President’s Inbox podcast: “Staffing a New Administration, With Stephen Hadley”
Jane Harman interviewed by Markie Martin for NewsNation: “Ex-Rep. Harman ‘We Are Going to Get in a War in the U.S.’”
David Ignatius for The Washington Post: “Antony Blinken’s Play to Ease Three Mideast Wars at Once”
Nicholas Kristof for The New York Times: “My Manifesto for Despairing Democrats”
David E. Sanger for The New York Times: “Trump’s Win Ends a Post-World War II Era of U.S. Leadership”
Lawrence H. Summers interviewed by David Westin for Bloomberg Talks: “Larry Summers Talks U.S. Election”
Tweet of the Week
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Things to Know
Content Relevant to Aspen Security Forum Discussions
Nicholas Bariyo for The Wall Street Journal: “The New Investment Superpower Outflanking China and the U.S. in Africa”
DW: “Indonesia and Russia Hold First Joint Naval Exercises”
Matthew Hill for Bloomberg: “Calm Returns to Mozambique Capital After Deadly Protests”
Henning Hoff for Internationale Politik Quarterly: “The Underwhelming Scholz Government Meets an Untimely End”
Sarah Logan for the European Council on Foreign Relations: “Material World: How Europe Can Compete With China in the Race for Africa’s Critical Minerals”
Emmanuel Macron, Mia Amor Mottley, and William Ruto for Project Syndicate: “The Case for Solidarity Levies”
Adam Rasgon for The New York Times: “Israel’s Netanyahu Fires Defense Minister, Citing ‘Gaps’ in Approach to War”
Richard M. Sanders for The National Interest: “The Lights Go Out in Cuba”
Kori Schake and Daniel Drezner interviewed by Daniel Kurtz-Phelan for The Foreign Affairs Interview podcast: "The World of Trump 2.0"
Andres Schipani, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Chris Campbell, Sam Joiner, and Peter Andringa for the Financial Times: “Fierce Fighting Has Gripped Sudan. Hospitals Are in the Line of Fire”
Sang Hun Seok for the Royal United Services Institute: “South Korea Navigates the Moscow-Pyongyang Axis Amid Domestic Constraints”
Meaghan Tobin and John Liu for The New York Times: “China Reveals $1.4 Trillion Plan to Bail Out Local Governments”
David Young and Rebecca Black for The Irish Examiner: “Dáil Dissolved With General Election to Take Place on November 29”
Neri Zilber and Raya Jalabi for the Financial Times: “Israel Readies Plans to Expand Lebanon Offensive”
Spotlight: AI and National Security
Revisit original pieces on the nexus of artificial intelligence and national security from “Intelligent Defense: Navigating National Security in the Age of AI,” a compilation of papers emanating from the discussions at the 2024 ASG Workshop.
Read the collection for insights into this game-changing technology, like an examination of how we can effectively regulate AI by Google's President of Global Affairs Kent Walker; an argument that the Manhattan Project’s legacy within the Department of Energy makes DOE the ideal driver for AI development, safety, and governance by former Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman; and more.
From the Archives
Revisit our conversation on critical minerals and geopolitical considerations from the 2023 Aspen Security Forum.
Heidi Heitkamp, Director, University of Chicago Institute of Politics; Former U.S. Senator for North Dakota
Meghan L. O’Sullivan, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Mike Pompeo, Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute, and 70th U.S. Secretary of State
Moderator: Misha Glenny, Journalist and Rector, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna
Book of the Week
By Kevin Rudd
“In his new book, On Xi Jinping, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd provides an authoritative account of the ideological worldview driving Chinese behaviour both domestically and on the world stage–that of President Xi Jinping, who now holds near-total control over the Chinese Communist Party and is now, in effect, president-for-life. Rudd argues that Xi's worldview differs significantly from those of the leaders who preceded him, and that this ideological shift is reflected in the real world of Chinese policy and behaviour.”
Podcast of the Week
"Inside Sudan’s Catastrophic Civil War"
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