Several Tacoma leaders spent a week in China this month – mostly on the Chinese government’s dime. A seven-member delegation from Tacoma that included Mayor Anders Ibsen, Council member Sandesh Sadalge and Ibsen’s chief policy analyst Bucoda Warren spent over a week in China to “strengthen cultural, educational and economic ties” between Tacoma and its

TO: Technology policy strategists FROM: Samantha Wong, Ginger Matchett, Peter Engelke DATE: April 17, 2026 SUBJECT: A US tech agenda focused on Latin America to outcompete the People’s Republic of China In November 2025, the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and Global China Hub convened a private, in-person workshop in Bogotá to

America’s allies, grappling with surging energy costs triggered by Washington’s military strikes on Iran and the resulting disruption in global supply chains, are confronting a strategic dilemma. The crisis has highlighted the need to move away from volatile fossil fuel markets. However, it has also exposed a new risk, as energy security increasingly depends on