Conflict

Steve Clemons: The Hale Report Ep.77

Listen now (61 mins) | The Man About Town in a Fragmenting World

Feb 20 • Lyric Hughes Hale

1:00:32

After the Storm: China's Military Purges and the Rise of a Mobilization State

What the removal of Zhang Youxia and senior PLA leadership reveals about Beijing's shift from growth engine to a security-driven political economy

Feb 17 • Eric Huang

The Silver Standard: China and America's Critical Minerals Strategy

Feb 1 • Lyric Hughes Hale

REPLAY: econVue Panel 👥 Iran Update

Iran's Impossible Trade-offs (Jan 19, 2026) with Karim Pakravan

Jan 22 • Lyric Hughes Hale and Karim Pakravan

Iran at the Breaking Point

Inside the Economy, Outside the Narratives

Jan 13 • Narimon Safavi

Xi Jinping: The Living Heart of the Party

The CCP has become internalized within its leader — will it outlive him?

Oct 22, 2025 • Eric Huang

The US Is Underinvested in Rare Earths — Now We’re in Trouble

After decades of neglect, Washington’s rare earth stockpiles are nearly empty — just as Beijing tightens its grip on critical materials.

Oct 17, 2025 • Stephen Bryen

No Surprise, It's Elemental

The Middle East has oil; China has rare earths–Deng Xiaoping, 1992

Oct 14, 2025 • Lyric Hughes Hale

The Alliance in Action in the Solomon Islands

Australian and American efforts to build on shared history

Oct 2, 2025 • Eleanor Shiori Hughes

A new era as both China and the US turn inward

Sep 29, 2025 • Lyric Hughes Hale

Who Loses in China in a War with Taiwan?

Not everyone inside the CCP is eager for conflict

Sep 26, 2025 • Eric Huang

↪re: The End of Uncertainty?

"History is a race between education and catastrophe." H.G. Wells

Jul 28, 2025 • Lyric Hughes Hale

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts