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The Council is pleased to announce the winners of the America at 250 High School Essay Competition. Students from across Chicago and the Midwest submitted essays to share their vision for how the region can advance US global engagement as the nation marks its 250th. Read the essays: bit.ly/3Q3i6nI

While most Republicans echo US President Donald Trump's view that immigration negatively impacts the United States, a new Chicago [email protected] survey finds a majority of Americans feel differently. Explore more data: bit.ly/4o6llY6

"A security dilemma only exists when both sides lack hostile or malign intent," argue the Council's Raymond Kuo, Michael Hunzeker, Mark Christopher. "It is debatable whether the United States and China are caught in such a dilemma. But China and Taiwan are not." bit.ly/4dhfcDy

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Hundreds in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been infected with a new variant of Ebola—and the virus continues to spread. Can the international community contain the outbreak without Washington? Council Senior Nonresident Fellow @busbyj2.bsky.social explores what is at stake ➡️ bit.ly/43hLcmC

"When it comes to competition with the United States, China is not deploying the exact Soviet playbook," writes Council Distinguished Nonresident Fellow Evan Medeiros. "China wants to displace the United States as a global power more than replace it." bit.ly/4tu2BTs

In a new report for @belfercenter.bsky.social, Council Distinguished Nonresident Fellow on Defense and Security Kathleen Hicks takes a close look at the Pentagon's Replicator Initiative and examines why military innovation is so imperative. #[bit.ly/43MQAy1

Has US strategy toward China fundamentally changed? “It was as if the president decided that the United States was now content to run aside China rather than slow it down or run faster,” Council Distinguished Nonresident Fellow Evan Medeiros wrote in a recent analysis cited by the @nytimes.com.

What did the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing accomplish, and what was unresolved? Council experts Raymond Kuo, Evan Medeiros, and Leslie Vinjamuri joined a live audience to examine what China's long-term trajectory means for American power and global stability. Watch the full conversation: bit.ly/4u9m4u5

"Xi's comments in particular tried to align the meeting with China's touchpoints of national rejuvenation and opening up, as well as nudging the US toward a G2 construct where Washington and Beijing take particular responsibility in guiding global affairs," @kuorum.bsky.social told @newsweek.com.

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I've got a new piece for @global-affairs.bsky.social on the global response to the unfolding Ebola outbreak and how US cuts to foreign assistance are impeding efforts. I'm (somewhat) hopeful the Trump administration will recognize that supporting international efforts is in its interests.

Josh Busby