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Washington Needs to Get Ready for Russian Chaos

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“When it comes to Russia . . . nothing can be ruled out,” writes Hudson Senior Fellow Luke Coffey [[link removed]]. In Foreign Policy [[link removed]], he offers four recommendations for how Western policymakers can respond to Russian strife—and contain the possible fallout.

Coffey also joined Senior Fellows Rebeccah Heinrichs [[link removed]], Can Kasapoğlu [[link removed]], and Peter Rough [[link removed]] to sort out the immediate and future implications of Wagner’s march on Moscow. Watch the event here [[link removed]].

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Biden Must Seize on Putin’s Weakness and Help Ukraine Win the War

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Vladimir Putin sought to exhaust the West, but his own regime might collapse first. President Biden should seize the opportunity to go on offense, secure a victorious Ukraine, and “leave Russia to the wolves,” writes Hudson Center on Europe and Eurasia Director Peter Rough [[link removed]] in the New York Post [[link removed]].

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The Russian Hezbollah Revolts: Wagner’s Mutiny Reveals a Dangerous Plague

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Hudson Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu [[link removed]]—who has covered Wagner [[link removed]] extensively in Hudson’s Re: Ukraine [[link removed]] newsletter—offers an assessment of the political-military ramifications of the mercenary outfit’s mutiny in the latest edition [[link removed]]. To stay up to date, subscribe here [[link removed]].

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“Dictator’s Curse”: The Chances of a Wagner-Style Revolt in China

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Putin’s miscalculations have demonstrated that exclusively promoting sycophants and loyalists makes reliable information hard to come by. In The Australian [[link removed]], Hudson Senior Fellow John Lee [[link removed]] argues that Xi Jinping is probably in the dark as well.

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It’s Too Early to Count Putin Out

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While much of Washington celebrates the end of the Putin era, Hudson Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead [[link removed]] cautions in the Wall Street Journal [[link removed]] that “if Russia’s defenses hold in Ukraine, Wagner continues to prosper globally and the Russian public stays passive, Mr. Putin may be in less trouble than many of us hope.”

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BEFORE YOU GO...

The latest episode of China Insider [[link removed]], hosted by China Center Director Miles Yu [[link removed]] and Program Manager Shane Leary [[link removed]], covers the possible implications of the Wagner revolt for China, Joe Biden’s description of Xi as a “dictator,” and the underhanded tactics of Chinse e-commerce companies.

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