Walter Hudson: Geoeconomic strategy in the COVID era: In the wake of coronavirus and debates over “decoupling,” the United States needs a new approach to national security: one based on geoeconomics, not geopolitics. https://bit.ly/37OJMCi
Martha Gill: The behavioral scientists do more harm than good: If it wasn’t clear then, it certainly is now. Among the biggest mistakes ministers have made in the coronavirus crisis has been to listen to behavioral scientists. The idea that early restrictions would create “behavioral fatigue” in the public, who would then start breaking the rules, led the government directly to a fatal delay in imposing lockdown. https://bit.ly/3dsia77
Michèle Flournoy: Treat China’s border clash with India as a clarion call: The confrontation is yet another example of Beijing testing the limits. https://on.ft.com/3en43kU
Economist: China’s next move in the South China Sea: Is it about to claim the skies above it? https://econ.st/3dpD6vM
Economist: Who runs the world? As America gets tired, China gets busy. https://econ.st/313mPdc
The COVID-19 economic slump is closing down coal plants: This year, coal usage has dropped in the US, and renewables now generate more electricity. To some experts, the financial crisis is a clean energy opportunity. https://bit.ly/2AYa7Sv
Nation’s cancer chief warns delays in cancer care are likely to result in thousands of extra deaths in coming years: Because of the pandemic, some cancers will be found later when they are harder to cure, he says. https://wapo.st/3hPXTfo
You’ve got five appetites — not just one: The trick to satisfying them is to eat like an orangutan, not a labrador, says Michael Odell. https://bit.ly/37PkjZD
More than 30 years after their split, Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys (almost) open up https://wapo.st/2V6UZJA
Al Hunt: Looking forward to pro sports after COVID blackout: The return of professional sports — even only on television — after four months of darkness is a needed respite for this sports-crazed country… unless the continuing threat of COVID-19 forces a longer shutdown. https://bit.ly/37S7f5I
