Nation States with Yates

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@NSwithYates

@iHeartRadio pod, hosted by @SteveYates. Your personal national security advisor making sense of the world from the White House to your house.

Clearwater, FL Joined June 2026

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Nation States with Yates @NSwithYates 3h

Low-level red. High-level black.

Xi's new rulebook guards against "over-the-top praise and veiled disparagement."

"This system, where even praising the boss wrong, can get you in trouble."

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Nation States with Yates @NSwithYates 17h

Five summits in about a year. Who is the man across the table?

"Xi Jinping has made himself stronger. Whether he's made China stronger is far from clear."

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Nation States with Yates @NSwithYates 2d

President Trump and Xi Jinping could meet FIVE TIMES in roughly one year.

Who is the man sitting across the table?

Tuesday: Xi's ruthless rise. Thursday: the Iran war reckoning. 7 PM ET.

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Nation States with Yates @NSwithYates 3d

ICYMI — "Because in diplomacy, sequence is a message."

Manila first, then Shenzhen. Ally before rival. The order is the right one. The question is whether the substance matches it.

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Nation States with Yates @NSwithYates 3d

ICYMI from this week's Nation States:

How to score Shenzhen — and why arms for Taiwan aren't on the table as a trade.

"Arms for Taiwan aren't a bargaining chip."

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