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Hung Tran: Offensive Friendshoring and Deteriorating US-China Relations BWC member Hung Tran writes for the Atlantic Council that "the increasingly offensive use of an offensive US friendshoring policy will make it more challenging to manage US-China strategic competition, and make a military conflict—with disastrous global consequences—more not less likely."	Fri, Feb 24, 2023	Atlantic Council
Member Monday: Zennon Kapron BWC welcomes new member Zennon Kapron, founder and director of Kapronasia, one of Asia's leading financial technology research and consulting firms. Prior to Kapronasia, Zennon was the Asia Pacific Financial Industry Manager and Global Banking Industry Manager for Intel. At Intel, he helped position and sell Intel-based architecture to financial services firms globally. Before Intel, Zennon worked at Citi at a number of different technology management roles, culminating in his role as CIO for Citigroup Portugal.	Mon, Feb 27, 2023	LinkedIn
William R. Rhodes: Time for China to Use Its Influence with Putin to Create Room for Peace "If China wants to lead," writes BWC vice-chair Bill Rhodes in an op-ed for the South China Morning Post, "the country should do so on Ukraine by creating pressure for and room for a deal, rather than siding with the aggressor and sliding into being an active military supplier to Russia."	Thu, Mar 2, 2023	South China Morning Post
Gary Kleiman: To Stop a New Round of Emerging-Market Debt Defaults, Send in the Volunteers "The US can draw on its deep reservoir of sovereign-debt advisory and analytical talent to provide a missing honest broker in today's multiparty, multidimensional standoff," writes BWC member Gary Kleiman.	Fri, Mar 3, 2023	Barron’s
Hung Tran: The Prospects for a Recalibration of China's Taiwan Policy If the opposition party wins Taiwan's presidential election, "the trajectory and dynamics of the cross-Strait relationship could change, probably giving the U.S. and China some room to manage their strategic competition," according to BWC member Hung Tran.	Wed, Mar 8, 2023	The Diplomat
Pierre Viaud: Where Are We Going? Fundamentals of Defense Foresight “Uncontrolled displacements of populations... are reversible thanks to a coordinated action of world governance, in particular through the IFIs resulting from the Bretton Woods treaty," writes BWC member Pierre Viaud in this month's issue of Revue Défense Nationale.	Thu, Mar 9, 2023	Revue Défense Nationale
Jason Schenker: Prestige Economics President on SVB Fallout Jason Schenker, president at Prestige Economics, discussed the latest developments with SVB. He spoke with the hosts of Daybreak Asia.	Mon, Mar 13, 2023	Bloomberg
Hung Tran: Silicon Valley Bank Failed: What Happens Next? BWC member Hung Tran says, "the regulatory community should work with Congress to reform and strengthen the financial regulatory framework given the obvious weaknesses revealed over the past week."	Tue, Mar 14, 2023	Atlantic Council
William R. Rhodes: Planning for Ukrainian Reconstruction After the War BWC vice-chair William Rhodes recently spoke with the European American Chamber of Commerce about the need to start planning now for the future, massive reconstruction of Ukraine after the war, drawing on the lessons learned from the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Japan.	Wed, Mar 15, 2023	Apple Podcasts
William C. Dudley: Look Out America, Here Come the Bond Vigilantes BWC chair Bill Dudley says, "if US officials don’t do something about the government’s fiscal problems, the bond market will."	Wed, Mar 15, 2023	The Washington Post