No images? Click here (Getty Images) Following Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow, Hudson Center on Europe and Eurasia Director Peter Rough lays out Beijing’s strategy to capitalize on the instability caused by Russia and Iran to create a new Sino-centric alliance system for the New York Post. America Shrugs, and the World Makes Plans (US Marine Corps photo by Vincent Pham) In the Middle East, America’s allies are already looking for a “Plan B”—be it Russia, China, or Iran—for their security needs. In the Wall Street Journal, Hudson Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead warns that if the US does not demonstrate more reliability soon, more of the world will follow suit. The System Is Blinking Red over Iran (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images) “If Washington continues on its current path, the world almost certainly will face a nuclear-armed Iran, a war to prevent that eventuality, or both,” writes Hudson Senior Fellow Jonathan Schachter in a new policy memo. Why Crimea Must Be Returned to Ukraine (Vladimir Aleksandrov via Getty Images) In Arab News, Hudson Senior Fellow Luke Coffey explains why reclaiming Russian-occupied Crimea—indisputably a sovereign Ukrainian territory—is essential to ensuring Ukraine’s future security. More, Better, Faster: A Conversation with Senators Risch and Wicker on US Support for Ukraine's Defense (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), two of the most vocal proponents of US aid to Ukraine, discuss why a Ukrainian victory is in the American national interest with Hudson Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs in a live event today at 4:00 p.m. BEFORE YOU GO... In The Australian, Hudson Senior Fellow John Lee explains that China’s sphere of influence is not equivalent to America’s, Beijing does not represent all of Asia, and Chinese dominance in the Indo-Pacific is far from a foregone conclusion. |