Russia and China Are a Package Deal

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As Ukraine prepares for a decisive springtime counteroffensive, many are calling for the United States to abandon Kyiv and pivot to Taipei. Expanding on his comments in a debate last week, Hudson President and CEO John P. Walters explains why ignoring Russia to focus on China would only address one part of a larger, unified threat to the US-led world order on the Hugh Hewitt Show.

Putin Exploits the Armenians of Karabakh

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This week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken presides over peace talks between Azerbaijani and Armenian officials in Washington. In the Wall Street Journal, Hudson Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East Director Michael Doran applauds Sec. Blinken’s effort to broker peace in the South Caucasus because it would deter Russia and Iran’s collusion efforts and advance America’s interests.

NATO’s Baltic Dilemma

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Europe’s inland seas, strategically neglected by the US, have been vital for Russia. Building on the Baltic Sea strategy he laid out last year, Hudson Senior Fellow Luke Coffey explained how the southern shore of the Caspian Sea is the new Black Sea “frontier” for NATO as Iran uses it to deliver weapons to Russia. In a new article for Engelsberg Ideas, he analyzes the new reality in the Baltic as NATO expands north.

“Progressives” Want to Go Back to the 1950s

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The Biden administration markets its program of green activism, state planning, and labor protectionism as progressive, but “there is little in it that would surprise Walter Mondale,” writes Hudson Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead in the Wall Street Journal.

European Commission Undermines Western Innovators, Boosts Chinese Dominance of Telecom Sector

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The European Commission recently introduced a proposal to limit royalties on standard essential patents that would include technologies like Wi-Fi and 5G. In the Daily Signal, Hudson Senior Fellows Thomas J. Duesterberg and Adam Mossoff explain why this proposal will primarily benefit Chinese phone makers piggybacking off of Western innovations.

BEFORE YOU GO...

Before US sea power guaranteed safe maritime trade, “the oceans were battlefields,” said retired Navy Captain Dr. Jerry Hendrix. In an event with Hudson Senior Fellow Timothy A. Walton and Media Fellow Jeremy Hunt, he explained why this reality might return to the high seas if the US continues to allow Russia and China to dominate the shipping and shipbuilding industries.