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Ukraine Should Take Crimea from Russia
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Any settlement that does not return Crimea to Kyiv’s control would amount to geopolitical negligence—regardless of whether policymakers care about Ukraine’s territorial integrity. In the Wall Street Journal [[link removed]], Hudson Senior Fellow Luke Coffey [[link removed]] explains the historical and strategic significance of Ukrainian control of Crimea.
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Attack on Taiwan Will Be Start of CCP’s Chain of Aggression
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In an interview with The Sunday Guardian [[link removed]], Hudson China Center Director Miles Yu [[link removed]] explains why India, a crucial counterweight to China in the Indo-Pacific, could be Beijing’s next target if the United States fails to deter an invasion of Taiwan.
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China’s Economic Outlook, Blinken in Vietnam, and the PRC’s Defense Posture
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On the latest China Insider [[link removed]], Hudson Senior Fellow Miles Yu [[link removed]] and Media Fellow Wilson Shirley [[link removed]] discuss China’s economic outlook in light of first quarter economic data, Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent Vietnam visit, and what to make of Beijing’s defense posture and partnerships.
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What Does the Chinese Spy Balloon Know?
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Hudson Center for Defense Concepts and Technology Director Bryan Clark [[link removed]] explains what the Biden administration could have done to prevent the Chinese spy balloon from collecting intelligence from key US military bases on the Kevin McCullough Show [[link removed]].
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Scolding Isn’t a Foreign Policy
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The US cannot sustain a foreign policy that prioritizes “sermons and sanctions over building a multilateral coalition to check Chinese expansion,” writes Hudson Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead [[link removed]]. In the Wall Street Journal [[link removed]], he explains why the Biden administration needs to focus more on pragmatism and less on moral posturing.
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BEFORE YOU GO...
Tomorrow, Hudson will host a pair of events discussing how to support the Ukrainian people and punish Russia for its mass atrocities. At 10:30 a.m., Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin and Senior Fellow Luke Coffey [[link removed]] will discuss how to hold Russia accountable for its war crimes [[link removed]]. At noon, Rep. Jason Crow joins Center on Europe and Eurasia Director Peter Rough [[link removed]] to discuss the state of the war, US strategy, and the importance of continued congressional support [[link removed]].
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