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Reuel Marc Gerecht & Ray Takeyh
The Wall Street Journal
November 28, 2021
Bottom Line: TVC Advisory Board members Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh highlight how the Iranian delegation to the Vienna talks has relished humiliating their U.S. counterparts by refusing to negotiate in the same room as them.
Nate Sibley
POLITICO Magazine
November 18, 2021
Bottom Line: TVC Advisory Board member Nate Sibley argues that as climate emerges as an important issue for young conservatives, the GOP can chart a middle course between the climate alarmism of the left and climate denialism of the old right by embracing market-oriented solutions and a tough line against the world’s worst polluters.
Mackenzie Eaglen
Defense News
November 19, 2021
Bottom Line: TVC Advisory Board member Mackenzie Eaglen illuminates how the Biden administration’s employer vaccine mandate damages the shipbuilding industrial base. Even limited refusal to comply within the highly-specialized shipyard workforce threatens to undermine the industry’s ability to meet the Navy’s construction and repair needs.
Malcom Davis
Real Clear Defense
November 22, 2021
Bottom Line: Russia’s recent live-fire test of an anti-satellite weapon created a cloud of orbiting debris which threatens the International Space Station, the Chinese Tiangong space station, and every country’s ability to safely navigate in orbit.
Howard Altman
Military Times
November 20, 2021
Bottom Line: According to Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, the Russian troop buildup on the border would enable Moscow to mount an attack on his country early next year.
Danielle Pletka
The Dispatch
November 19, 2021
Bottom Line: TVC Advisory Board member Danielle Pletka argues that Beijing has been making a calculated longterm play to dominate the commanding heights of the next generation economy — from AI to advanced surveillance systems to aerospace technology. Now that Western leaders are waking up to this fact, they must respond.
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