The Wagner Group in Africa Serves Putin’s Global Ambitions

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“As war rages from Bakhmut to Kherson, Vladimir Putin is pursuing a grand strategy aimed at weakening the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s southern flank,” writes Hudson Research Associate Zineb Riboua. In the Wall Street Journal, she explains why Washington needs a strategy to overcome Moscow’s ambitions in Africa.

The Risk of a West African War

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In a new policy memo, Hudson Research Fellow James Barnett argues that the United States needs to rely on regional allies to salvage civilian rule in Niger. To learn about the region’s significance to American interests, listen to his appearance on the podcast Generation Jihad.

Geopolitical Climate Denialism

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In the Wall Street Journal, Hudson Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead observes that “while Washington dreamed beautiful dreams” about global relations, Russia invaded Ukraine, China embarked on the greatest military buildup in history, and Iran built a regional empire. On his podcast What Really Matters, Mead also identified the hard economic realities America faces at home.

Taiwan International Solidarity Act, the Luocha Haishi Craze, and Beijing Responds to Devastating Flooding

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On China Insider, China Center Director Miles Yu joins Program Manager Shane Leary to discuss the Taiwan International Solidarity Act, the Chinese Communist Party’s inadequate response to recent flooding, and a musical sensation that is taking China by storm while subtly critiquing the regime.

China Utilizes Soft Power to Gain Influence in the Middle East

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The latest front in China’s effort to spread its cultural influence is a Confucius Institute program teaching Mandarin in the Middle East. On InsideSources, Hudson Research Fellow Ahmad Hashemi explained how this amounts to “brainwashing,” and in The Hill, he laid out the risk Chinese soft power poses to US interests.

BEFORE YOU GO...

As the second anniversary of America’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal approaches, Hudson Senior Fellow Luke Coffey explains in Arab News that “instead of pointless talks with the Taliban, the US should be working with international and regional partners to develop a comprehensive and coherent strategy for the country before it is too late.”