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Biden’s Italian Strike [[link removed]]

After initially denying that it slowed deliveries, the Biden administration has admitted [[link removed]] that it stopped fast-tracking weapons to Israel. As Michael Doran [[link removed]] explains, this is the textbook definition of an “ Italian strike [[link removed]]”: the intentional slowing or stopping of work by meticulously adhering to rules and regulations.

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To Understand Georgia’s European Identity, Look to Its Past [[link removed]]

While Ukraine and Moldova have just begun European Union accession talks, another important country is missing from the discussion: Georgia. In Politico [[link removed]], Luke Coffey [[link removed]] lays out Georgia’s long Euro-Atlantic history to explain why the country’s future is with the West.

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As Goes Ukraine, So Goes the Black Sea [[link removed]]

Matthew Boyse [[link removed]] explains that Russian control over Crimea has severe implications [[link removed]] in the vital Black Sea region and beyond. To understand the region’s global importance, listen to Romanian Foreign Minister Luminiţa-Teodora Odobescu’s discussion [[link removed]] with Jamie Fly [[link removed]] at Hudson last week.

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Germany and the World: A Foreign Policy Conversation with State Secretary Thomas Bagger [[link removed]]

This Friday at 10:00 a.m., Ambassador Thomas Bagger, the state secretary of the German Foreign Ministry, will join Hudson to give an update on Germany’s foreign policy outlook toward Russia, China, Iran, and more.

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Radical Legacy in Mexico [[link removed]]

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s lame-duck reforms threaten to further derail the struggling Mexican economy and worsen the crisis at the United States’ southern border, warns Mike Pompeo [[link removed]] in the Wall Street Journal [[link removed]]. And for a preview [[link removed]] of the next administration in Mexico, join Hudson today at 10:00 a.m. online or in-person [[link removed]] for a conversation with Luis Rubio, chairman of México Evalúa.

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Before you go . . .

From Nigeria, Hudson’s James Barnett [[link removed]] gives his outlook on how the West is perceived regionally and whether Chinese and Russian initiatives in Africa will have a long-lasting impact on Arsenal of Democracy [[link removed]].

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