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n the internees potential as a mobilizing force for critics or reformers. Indeed, after years of intense pressure, the medium is drawing closer to Xi Jinping's ideal of an internet that is "clear and bright"24 Global reach Both Russia and China have launched ambitious and expensive projects to expand the

r of Freedom in the World. ON THE COVER Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in B

ding to which individual countries would independently choose their own path of cyber development" and "model of cyber regulation."16 In late 2015, Xi also made the baffling statement, "Freedom is what order is meant for, and order is the guarantee of freedom:16 Over the next several months, regu

.2° China added Time and the Economist to the list of blocked media websites in 2016, apparently in retaliation for articles that were critical of Xi Jinping's accumulation of power.21 In February 2016 visits to China Central Tele- vision (CCTV), the Xinhua news agency, and the Peoples Daily newspaper—the

n Ukraine and pressure the Baltics and pressure Georgia and do other things, without having to do a full mobilization." —U.S. Lieutenant General Ben Hodges 3. The energy weapon: At various times during Pu- tin's tenure, Russia has sought to use its oil and natural gas exports as a means of disciplining

he pandemic, as well as criticism about his responses to trade deficits, climate change and China's abysmal human rights record." Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the General Assembly later Tuesday. Reuters <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-assembly/at-u-n-trump-demands-action-against-china-over

/news/articles/2020-09-22/trump-to-assail-china-over-virus-in-un- speech-aimed-at-voters?smd=premium&sref=31OEzKolc> (9/22, Sink, Liu, 4.73M) reports Xi "rebutted Trump's claims without mentioning the US president by name," saying "the global fight against the virus `should not be politicized' and w

d China's abysmal human rights record." Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the General Assembly later Tues

Corporation International Security and Defense Policy Center Director Christine Wormuth; former U.S. Army Europe Commanding General Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Ben Hodges; The Marathon Initiative Principal and co-founder Elbridge Colby * Held via Cisco Webex and in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center; 12:00 PM * House

e pandemic, as well as criticism about his responses to trade deficits, climate change and China's abysmal human rights record." Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the General Assembly later Tuesday. Reuters (9/22, Nichols, Holland) says the Chinese leader "struck a conciliatory tone...calling for en

and stressing that China had no intention of fighting `either a Cold War or a hot war with any country:" Bloomberg (9/22, Sink, Liu, 4.73M) reports Xi "rebutted Trump's claims without mentioning the US president by name," saying "the global fight against the virus `should not be politicized' and w

d China's abysmal human rights record." Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the General Assembly later Tues

Corporation International Security and Defense Policy Center Director Christine Wormuth; former U.S. Army Europe Commanding General Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Ben Hodges; The Marathon Initiative Principal and co- founder Elbridge Colby * Held via Cisco Webex and in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center; 12:00 PM • House

e pandemic, as well as criticism about his responses to trade deficits, climate change and China's abysmal human rights record." Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the General Assembly later Tuesday. Reuters (9/22, Nichols, Holland) says the Chinese leader "struck a conciliatory tone...calling for en

and stressing that China had no intention of fighting `either a Cold War or a hot war with any country:" Bloomberg (9/22, Sink, Liu, 4.73M) reports Xi "rebutted Trump's claims without mentioning the US president by name," saying "the global fight against the virus `should not be politicized' and w

d China's abysmal human rights record." Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the General Assembly later Tues

Corporation International Security and Defense Policy Center Director Christine Wormuth; former U.S. Army Europe Commanding General Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Ben Hodges; The Marathon Initiative Principal and co- founder Elbridge Colby * Held via Cisco Webex and in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center; 12:00 PM • House

r of Freedom in the World. ON THE COVER Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in B

y, a basic assumption behind the report is that modern authoritarianism will be a lasting feature of geopolitics. Since 2012, both Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have doubled down on existing efforts to stamp out internal dissent, and both have grown more aggressive on the world stage. All despotic reg

ken the internet's potential as a mobilizing force for critics or reformers. Indeed, after years of intense pressure, the medium is drawing closer to Xi Jinping’s ideal of an internet that is “clear and bright." Global reach Both Russia and China have launched ambitious and expensive projects to expand the rea