| As the United States presidential election draws nearer, our curated coverage will track more closely the grand strategy implications of the outcome. We recommend interested readers to start out with Will Ruger's piece, making the general claim that whoever wins, the American people want a president who will end our endless wars. Daniel Larison's piece attempts to decipher the foreign policy perspective of Joe Biden's recent VP pick, concluding that there are some optimistic signs for those who advocate a foreign policy of restraint. Joe Cirincione's piece generally echoes this sentiment, noting that national security is not Kamala Harris' strong suit, though she "generally lines up on the restraint and rebalance side of this policy debate." Our curated content of course continues to follow US-China relations closely. Readers would benefit greatly from Barbara Boland's piece in the American Conservative on how to deal soberly with the China threat without falling into counterproductive escalation. Finally, with readers tracking the promises and pitfalls of promised troop withdrawals, Bonnie Kristian's piece on Afghanistan troop levels is a sober wake up call, while David Cowan's piece on the German public's support for troop withdrawals is perhaps a hopeful sign. In the News Daniel Larison, American Conservative Doug Bandow, Foreign Policy Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Responsible Statecraft Sumantra Maitra, National Interest Annelle Sheline, Inkstick Center on National Security Andrew Bacevich, Responsible Statecraft Bob Dreyfuss, Responsible Statecraft Aaron David Miller & Richard Sokolsky, Washington Post Matt Purple, American Conservative Michael Singh, Foreign Affairs Barbara Boland, American Conservative Richard Haas, Project Syndicate Doug Bandow, Antiwar.com Joe Cirincione, Responsible Statecraft Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Trita Parsi breaks down the Trump administration's efforts to extend the arms embargo on Iran, which is scheduled to expire in October. First, the administration will put forward a new arms embargo in a U.N. Security Council resolution on August 13, which is almost certain to be voted down. In the likely event this fails, the administration will attempt to invoke the "snapback" provisions of the Iran Nuclear Deal, or JCPOA, despite the fact that it is no longer a party to the agreement. This could bring about the end of the JCPOA, and even lead to Iran's exit from the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Empire Has No Clothes In our latest episode, Kelley, Daniel and Matt talk with Mike Vlahos, a former professor at the U.S. Naval War College, on the 75th Anniversary of the dropping of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Power Problems In the third of our series on the world after the coronavirus, we talk about great power politics and U.S.-China relations, with returning guest Joshua Shifrinson of Boston University. Net Assessment Melanie, Chris, and Zack debate Michèle Flournoy’s recent Foreign Affairs article about how to prevent war in Asia by reinforcing deterrence against China. The Cato Daily Podcast Would the Joe Biden brand of foreign policy be an improvement? John Glaser evaluates the Biden track record. The Wright Show | 
