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Four former supreme allied commanders Europe (SACEURs)—Generals Wes Clark, Phil Breedlove, Curtis Scaparrotti, and Tod Wolters—joined Hudson’s Peter Rough [[link removed]] to discuss the evolution of NATO warfighting capabilities. Read, watch, or listen to the event here [[link removed]].

And tune in on Friday at 11:30 a.m. EDT as Nadia Schadlow [[link removed]] hosts Chair of the NATO Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer. Watch live here. [[link removed]]

Alongside its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia is waging a “ shadow war [[link removed]]” of sabotage operations across Europe, warns Daniel Kochis [[link removed]].

Nuclear adversaries are betting that America fears escalation and lacks the resolve to defend Western alliances. The United States needs to make that a bad bet, writes Rebeccah L. Heinrichs [[link removed]] in National Review [[link removed]].

For the new US-Japan Forum on Defense Industrial Cooperation, Acquisition, and Sustainment (DICAS) to succeed, it will need to build momentum by getting some quick wins. Masashi Murano [[link removed]] and Timothy A. Walton [[link removed]] lay out how policymakers can make this happen in the Japan Times [[link removed]].

Fresh off a trip to Taiwan, Miles Yu [[link removed]] on China Insider [[link removed]] discusses the legacy of the Tiananmen Square massacre, why Lai Ching Te’s inauguration matters, and China’s military exercises around Taiwan.

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Anthony Fauci did not cause COVID-19. But he did cover it up, argues David Asher [[link removed]] on America Reports [[link removed]] in the wake of Fauci’s recent testimony.

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