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. In Foreign Policy, 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, Can Kasapoğlu, and Peter Rough to sort out the immediate and future implications of Wagner’s march on Moscow. Watch the event here.

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 in the New York Post.

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

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

“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, Hudson Senior Fellow John Lee argues that Xi Jinping is probably in the dark as well.

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 cautions in the Wall Street Journal 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.”

BEFORE YOU GO...

The latest episode of China Insider, hosted by China Center Director Miles Yu and Program Manager Shane Leary, 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.