No images? Click here (Kevin Frayer via Getty Images) By refusing to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the United States is outsourcing its economic security to other nations and giving the Chinese Communist Party an advantage in the world’s most strategically significant region. Citing Japanese Diet Member Akira Amari’s comments at a Hudson event, Adjunct Fellow Paul Sracic explains why in The Messenger. “We Gantt Do This”: The Gantt Chart Problem for Electric Cars (Getty Images) Current green energy infrastructure is far from able to meet America’s energy needs, yet politicians and investors push for an immediate transition to renewable sources. In RealClearEnergy, Hudson Senior Fellow Nadia Schadlow explains how a century-old organizational device could inject a needed dose of reality to avoid energy catastrophe. The Globalization of Taiwan’s Defense (Jameson Wu/AFP via Getty Images) Taiwan is a democratic xxxxxx against China’s imperial designs, and “defending it now is as important as defending West Berlin was in 1948 and 1961,” writes Hudson China Center Director Miles Yu in the Taipei Times. What Ukraine Needs for Its Counteroffensive (Hudson Institute) Hudson Institute experts have long argued that the United States should equip Ukraine to repel Vladimir Putin’s invasion and liberate its territory. Read our new fact sheet to learn about the weapons Kyiv will need for a successful counteroffensive. Understanding the “Unknown Gunmen” Who Attacked a US Convoy in Nigeria (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images) Nigeria is volatile but quite strategically significant, and America cannot afford to further restrict its diplomatic presence in response to what was likely random violence rather than a targeted strike, explains Hudson Research Fellow James Barnett in a new policy memo. BEFORE YOU GO... Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s appearance at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima further cemented the connection between Indo-Pacific and European security. In The Messenger, Japan Chair Deputy Director Riley Walters details the need for deeper economic engagement between the two regions, and in the Wall Street Journal, Hudson Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead explains how the summit underscored the interconnectedness of the Russia-China threat. |