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China’s Economy Hits the Skids
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China’s era of virtually unlimited economic growth has ended. Hudson Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead [[link removed]] explains how this change is a mixed blessing for the United States in the Wall Street Journal [[link removed]].
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Iran Just Joined a Pact with Moscow and Beijing—Here’s What It Means for the US
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Iran’s accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization expands China’s footprint in the Middle East and bolsters Beijing’s challenge to the US-led world order. America needs a comprehensive strategy to combat the ongoing economic shift toward China, argues Hudson Research Fellow Ahmad Hashemi [[link removed]] in The Hill [[link removed]].
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Xi Jinping’s Vision for the Middle East
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In a new Hudson policy memo [[link removed]], Visiting Research Fellow Yair Albeck [[link removed]] lays out how the US can effectively counter Xi Jinping’s attempts to create a global economic system centered on Beijing.
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Beaten for Eating Ice Cream: The Experience of Afghan Women under Taliban Rule
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On CNN [[link removed]], Hudson Visiting Fellow Adela Raz [[link removed]]—the former Afghan ambassador to the US—recounted the extreme oppression that Afghan women suffer under Taliban rule.
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Eritrea’s Growing Ties with China and Russia Highlight America’s Inadequate Approach in East Africa
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Hudson Senior Fellow Joshua Meservey [[link removed]] details why Moscow and Beijing have taken a particular interest in the small East African nation of Eritrea, and he identifies what the US can do to reassert itself on the strategically vital Horn of Africa in a new policy memo [[link removed]].
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BEFORE YOU GO...
China’s bold claim that it is a “near-Arctic nation”—even though its nearest point is over 800 miles away from the Arctic—should alert Washington that it needs to pay more attention to the resource-rich northern region. Hudson Senior Fellow Luke Coffey [[link removed]] testified before the House Homeland Security Committee [[link removed]] on how the US can keep up in the Arctic.
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