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To halt Houthi attacks on global shipping, the United States and its allies need to respond with actions, not words, writes Hudson Senior Fellow Luke Coffey [[link removed]] in Arab News [[link removed]]. Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu [[link removed]] detailed how to address the Houthi threat in the latest MENA Defense Intelligence Digest [[link removed]].
Russian and Chinese nuclear capabilities pose the greatest current threat to global security. Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs [[link removed]] argued in the Wall Street Journal [[link removed]] that counter-city targeting is not the answer, and explained on Fox News [[link removed]] that only a robust modernization of America’s arsenal can meet the challenge.
After a popular backlash led to the rise of eccentric Argentine leader Javier Milei, Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead [[link removed]], writing from Buenos Aires, warns in the Wall Street Journal [[link removed]] that implementing the state-directed investment policies that wrecked Argentina will not fix America’s problems.
Senior Fellow Bryan Clark [[link removed]] writes that the Navy should look at the surface fleet’s recent deterrence and diplomatic successes—from the Red Sea to Philippine fisheries—and change its acquisition plans accordingly in Breaking Defense [[link removed]].
Why is Pyongyang ringing in the new year with warmongering? Possibly because Kim Jong Un fears losing his totalitarian power, argues Asia-Pacific Security Chair Patrick M. Cronin [[link removed]] in The Messenger [[link removed]].
BEFORE YOU GO...
With Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists at a turning point, keep up with the latest on Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East Director Michael Doran [[link removed]]’s video podcast Israel Update [[link removed]]. Watch or listen to the latest episode [[link removed]], which covers Israel’s return to judicial reform controversy and the assassination of Hamas’s West Bank chief, Saleh al-Arouri.
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