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The Race for Secure Airspace Is On, and the Good Guys Might Finish Last

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“Malign actors can use drones to conduct surveillance, collect sensitive data, and engage in industrial espionage,” warns Hudson Distinguished Fellow William P. Barr [[link removed]]. In The Hill [[link removed]], he lays out how Congress should respond to this threat.

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New Pentagon Drone Program Needs to Avoid “Replicating” Past Mistakes

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Drawing on their recent Hudson report Alone and Unafraid [[link removed]], Senior Fellows Bryan Clark [[link removed]] and Dan Patt [[link removed]] argue in The Messenger [[link removed]] that the new “Replicator” drone warfare initiative will be another failed science project unless the Pentagon adapts its mission integration efforts to twenty-first-century warfare.

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What China Wants in Africa

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In the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune [[link removed]], Hudson Senior Fellow Joshua Meservey [[link removed]] explains why Africa is a high priority for China—and makes the case that American policymakers should take notice.

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Why Ukraine’s New Defense Minister Will Never Give Up on Crimea

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Hudson Senior Fellow Luke Coffey [[link removed]] digs into the historical reasons that explain why less than 5 percent of Ukrainians are willing to make territorial concessions to Russia in Arab News [[link removed]].

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“The Sister” Review: North Korea’s Sibling Dynasty

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There is little reliable information about “the skinnier, savvier, scarier younger sister of Kim Jong Un.” In the Wall Street Journal [[link removed]], Hudson Senior Fellow Melanie Kirkpatrick [[link removed]] reviews The Sister, a new biography of Kim Jo Yong, “the most dangerous woman in the world.”

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BEFORE YOU GO...

At the G20 and BRICS summits, Narendra Modi sought to position India as a major global player. Hudson Research Fellow Aparna Pande [[link removed]] and Senior Fellow Husain Haqqani [[link removed]] observe that “it is easier to gather those not wishing to be camp followers of a global hegemon; it is more difficult to create a new, truly multipolar world order,” in The Hill [[link removed]].

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