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Those who see the World Economic Forum as an all-powerful network imposing a nefarious agenda get Davos exactly wrong, argues Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead [[link removed]] in the Wall Street Journal [[link removed]]. The real scandal of Davos isn’t that it’s taking over the world. It’s that it’s failing.

China Center Director Miles Yu [[link removed]] hosted Vincent Chao, the spokesperson for President-elect William Lai, and Alexander Huang, special advisor to the chairman of the Kuomintang, to discuss [[link removed]] Taiwan’s recent democratic election [[link removed]] and the implications of Lai’s victory for regional and global security.

Research Fellow Nate Sibley [[link removed]] explains why Russia should be on the hook for rebuilding Ukraine—and how a new bill in Congress can make that happen—on CNN [[link removed]].

Neither Kyiv nor Moscow has shown any willingness or desire to negotiate. Senior Fellow Luke Coffey [[link removed]] writes that peace is not likely in 2024 in Arab News [[link removed]].

In The Economist [[link removed]], Senior Fellow Husain Haqqani [[link removed]] lays out why Pakistan, which boasts nuclear weapons and the world’s sixth-largest standing army, still needs to achieve both free and fair elections and a compromise between its generals and politicians before it can become a functioning democracy.

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In the wake of President Lai’s victory, Senior Fellow Riley Walters [[link removed]] will host an expert panel [[link removed]] to analyze how the new government in Taipei will handle the challenges facing Taiwan’s military, economy, and international relationships.

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