The future of U.S.-China competition, mobile tools used to track COVID-19, supporting parents during the pandemic, and more.

We discuss where China will be in 2050; privacy concerns surrounding mobile tools used to track COVID-19 infections; what types of supports parents need while their kids are at home; how telemedicine can help provide more specialized health services; when and how the Putin era might end; and why the United States fails in “irregular warfare.” For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.