Ian Haney Lpez on Hatred and Division Intensifies in the US as the Phony War Against the Woke, Drag Queens and Trans Kids Accelerates; Bonnie Glaser on China's Reaction to the AUKUS Deal on Display Yesterday With Biden Beside the PMs of Australia and the UK; and Juan Cole on What China's Diplomatic Initiative in the Middle East Portends for the Region.

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