The President Can’t Counter China on His Own

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Joe Biden has largely succeeded at implementing Donald Trump’s strategy to protect American prosperity against Chinese aggression by strengthening defense cooperation in the Pacific and implementing a chip export ban. Now, it is Congress’s turn to build on these steps, write Hudson Senior Fellow Arthur Herman and former National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien in Foreign Affairs.

Asian Allies Can Keep China at Bay If We Work Together

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“China’s grand plan to transform the Indo-Pacific into a Sino-centric or ­dominated region is heavily dependent on a submissive and defeatist Southeast Asia,” writes Hudson Senior Fellow John Lee. In The Australian, he explains why initiatives like AUKUS are important to turn the tide against China.

Washington Should Reconsider Its Economic Gameplan in Africa

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To keep up in the competition for influence in Africa, the United States should work with Persian Gulf and Asian partners to develop new and innovative mechanisms of economic engagement, write Hudson Senior Fellow Husain Haqqani and Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy Director of Research Narayanappa Janardhan in Foreign Policy.

A New Black Sea Reality

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ushered in a new geopolitical reality in the Black Sea. On the podcast Sea Control, Hudson Senior Fellows Luke Coffey and Can Kasapoğlu expanded on the Black Sea strategy they outlined in a Hudson policy memo earlier this year.

What Are the Appropriate SSBN Forward Deployment Options?

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US deployment of a nuclear-armed submarine to the Korean peninsula is politically important but comes with significant practical risk. In a Hudson policy memo, Japan Chair Fellow Masashi Murano lays out three ways the US can turn these risks into opportunities to enhance extended deterrence.

BEFORE YOU GO...

“Chinese communists today aren’t only better at economics than Mao and the Soviet chowderheads; they are also smarter politically,” writes Hudson Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead. In the Wall Street Journal, he explains why the US needs to embrace economic growth to compete with China for influence in the Global South.