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 explains how this change is a mixed blessing for the United States in the Wall Street Journal.

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 in The Hill.

Xi Jinping’s Vision for the Middle East

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In a new Hudson policy memo, Visiting Research Fellow Yair Albeck lays out how the US can effectively counter Xi Jinping’s attempts to create a global economic system centered on Beijing.

Beaten for Eating Ice Cream: The Experience of Afghan Women under Taliban Rule

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On CNN, Hudson Visiting Fellow Adela Raz—the former Afghan ambassador to the US—recounted the extreme oppression that Afghan women suffer under Taliban rule.

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 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.

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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 testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on how the US can keep up in the Arctic.