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China's Grand Strategy for Global Data Dominance
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China's Grand Strategy For Global Data Dominance

China is engaged in a bid to shape how digitized information – data – will be distributed and controlled around the world for the foreseeable future. Xi Jinping’s Party-state is building a massive institutional architecture to maximally exploit data as the fundamental resource of the future global economy and governance system. This new report proposes robust policy solutions to arrest the exposure of huge swaths of the world’s population to the CCP's data accumulation, espionage, and manipulation.

April 18, 2023 By Matthew Johnson

via Hoover Institution Press

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The California State Budget And Revenue Volatility: Fiscal Health In A Deficit Context

California is expected to face a $31 billion budget deficit in 2023–24. This comes as no surprise considering that the state budget relies primarily on notoriously volatile sources like a graduated personal income tax with high rates for high earners, including on capital gains. Our analysis shows that these income sources are closely linked to unstable markets, meaning an economic downturn in the coming months may significantly decrease the revenue outlook for the state. With fears of a national recession looming, California legislators should focus on preserving the current tax base, smoothing revenues, and increasing spending transparency.

March 29, 2023 By Joshua D. Rauh , Jillian Ludwig

via Hoover Institution Press

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Russia, US, and Nuclear
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Beyond New START

George Shultz observed that in diplomacy, “Trust is the coin of the realm.” One year into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and two years into the five-year extension of the US-Russia New START nuclear treaty, is there a credible path ahead for nuclear arms control among great powers?

January 27, 2023 By Edward M. Ifft

via Hoover Institution Press

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