Trump wants to talk trade, Ukraine and nuclear arms with Xi Jinping
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday, October 22nd, U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected to discuss trade, ending Russia’s war in Ukraine and nuclear arms control with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting in South Korea next week.
Ernest J. Moniz: ‘House of Dynamite’ is a wake-up call on nuclear weapons
In Variety, Former U.S. Secretary of Energy and Co-Chair and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, Ernest J. Moniz wrote on how recent pop culture, such as Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite,” have been revitalizing public awareness of nuclear risks.
New Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi backs reviving country’s nuclear reactors
Newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to hold the country’s top political office, openly supports the revival of Japan’s nuclear energy industry. Speaking to parliament on Friday, October 24th, Takaichi said, “Domestically produced energy sources, particularly nuclear power and perovskite solar cells, are particularly important [to Japan’s energy security.]”
IAEA, Russian Federation nuclear energy management and stakeholder engagement schools conclude in Moscow
Two international schools, jointly organized by the IAEA and Russian Federation, have concluded in Moscow. Hosted at the Moscow branch of the Rosatom Technical Academy, the two schools taught participants how to practice strong leadership and build community trust for the expansion of global nuclear energy capacity.
Podcast of the Week – Lucas
This week, I listened to the newest episode of the Sinica Podcast where the host, Kaiser Kuo, interviewed Jonathan Czin, the Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies and a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s John L. Thornton China Center. A podcast covering all things China, Kuo used this episode to discuss Czin’s new essay in Foreign Affairs, “China Against China: Xi Jinping Confronts the Downsides of Success,” where he challenges predominant Western narratives of Xi as either the reincarnation of Mao Zedong or an autocrat presiding over imminent collapse. Czin, a former senior official on the National Security Council during the Biden administration, encourages us to be less deterministic about the drivers and aspirations of Xi’s foreign policy and more optimistic about opportunities for U.S.-China cooperation.