Insights

Columns, conversations, and the books we are reading.

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Under what conditions does dollar primacy unravel?

The Iran war is not the perfect storm. But it shows us the shape of one — fiscal, energy, payments, alliance — and which combination would push the dollar over.

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The SouthRock Rock Podcast

Hosted by Cedric T. Chou
EP 04

Reading the U.S.–Iran ceasefire from Taipei

Guest: Alexander C. Huang · 41 min · April 30, 2026

What "Epic Fury" means for cross-Strait deterrence, and the gap between American expeditionary doctrine and what the Taiwan Strait actually requires.

EP 03

A new Cold War, with old fault lines

Guest: William Yu · 38 min · March 28, 2026

Why the Bretton Woods order is more durable than its critics think — and which of its components are actually under strain.

EP 02

The export-control regime, two years on

Guest: Eric H. Yang · 44 分鐘 · 2026 年 2 月 14 日

What the regime has done, what it has failed to do, and the second-order effects no one priced in.

Books

What we are reading and writing.

Book · By a Fellow

The Long Strait

A defense scholar's framework for thinking about cross-Strait deterrence over the next two decades.

Book · Recommended

On Grand Strategy

The textbook for the Young Leaders strategy seminar. Read in dialogue with Sun Tzu and Tocqueville.

Book · Recommended

The Avoidable War

The book most often quoted at our convenings — and most often qualified, gently, by the people quoting it.

On the News

Where our strategists have been cited.

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