China says it’s still “investigating and verifying” the recent violation of Japan’s airspace by one of its surveillance planes. But with a Chinese survey ship sailing into Japanese waters only the other day, two territorial incursions in less than a week looks more intentional

Read Lynn Kuok on China’s growing sway in Southeast Asia—the geographic heart of the Indo-Pacific and the home to several important U.S. partners—and how Washington can respond: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

Our national security is non-negotiable! The new rules under the Investment Canada Act to ensure foreign investments are thoroughly reviewed have come into force— protecting Canadian jobs and our economy. 🔗 ised-isde.canada.ca/site/investmen…

If you're tired of my waffling on Twitter, do me a favor and follow me on instagram.com/demetri.sevast… where I post only photographs and no geopolitics!

We are simultaneously asking Japan to strike a deal with us on semiconductor export controls to address the China tech threat while the Biden administration concludes that it’s an unmitigatable natsec issue for a Japanese company to invest in America. 🤷‍♂️

This should be fascinating. I'm in the middle of "Relentless Strike: The Secret of Joint Special Operations Command" by Jack's The Hide Side co-founder Sean D. Naylor and absolutely loving it. I suspect "We Defy" will be a great complement.

Dueling headlines: x.com/japantimes/sta…

Joe Biden set to block Nippon Steel’s takeover of US Steel ft.com/content/b84272… via @ft

"The Irish schools experiment: a year for students to find themselves". I sadly missed out on the "doss year". If you're interested in Ireland, definitely follow @Jude_Webber ft.com/content/178bf3… via @ft

Will Oasis backlash force a reckoning for the ticket industry? ft.com/content/236165… via @ft

Chinese banks’ loss-absorbing bonds may never be bailed in, say analysts ft.com/content/524d1c… via @ft

TIME's new cover: The 100 most influential people in AI ti.me/4dQcJ1Q

Robby Starbuck: the activist pushing US companies to ditch their DEI vows ft.com/content/0c8974… via @ft

7-Eleven’s Japanese owner poised to reject Couche-Tard offer ft.com/content/13b69b… via @ft

China’s new back doors into western markets ft.com/content/5583db… via @ft

Whether Harris or Trump, relations between Washington and Beijing will remain turbulent. My latest short piece. gmfus.org/news/pacific-c…

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I am pleased to publish an Asia Society Center For China Analysis (CCA) report, "Understanding China's Perceptions and Strategy Toward Nuclear Weapons: A Case Study Approach," sponsored by Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The study is one of the first open-source analyses that examines Chinese writings

Frozen croissants are on the rise, ft.com/content/c398fa…