Decouple and Control: US Must Secure Supply Chains, Production

Decouple and Control: US Must Secure Supply Chains, Production
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington on June 30, 2020. Al Drago/AFP via Getty Images
Austin Bay
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Beijing’s June 30 decision to impose its national security law on Hong Kong renders the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984 null and void. Promising one China, two systems, that treaty guaranteed Hong Kong’s political autonomy through 2047.

Austin Bay
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Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”
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