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Bring Warriors Back to the US Military [[link removed]]

The United States military’s recruitment crisis emboldens America’s enemies, warns Hudson’s Mike Gallagher [[link removed]] in The Wall Street Journal [[link removed]]. He argues that, to sustain the recruitment bump that began around President Donald Trump’s election, the military’s ads should focus on sacrifice, grit, and honor.

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“Seven Things You Can’t Say about China” with Senator Tom Cotton [[link removed]]

Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) will join Hudson President and CEO John Walters [[link removed]] to discuss [[link removed]] how China’s economic warfare has granted it tremendous influence in American society, industry, and government—and why this threatens US security. Tune in today at 6:00 p.m. [[link removed]]

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Trump’s Russia Policy Isn’t All That New [[link removed]]

Walter Russell Mead [[link removed]] argues in The Wall Street Journal [[link removed]] that Donald Trump’s supposedly new approach to Russia echoes Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Joe Biden—and Henry Wallace.

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A World Reordered [[link removed]]

“Trump often takes disruptive approaches to induce others to move in the direction he prefers,” writes Nadia Schadlow [[link removed]] while drawing lessons [[link removed]] from President Richard Nixon’s foreign policy.

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Nonproliferation in Great Power Competition [[link removed]]

America’s longstanding goal of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons—among allies and adversaries alike—may be at risk. Rebeccah Heinrichs [[link removed]] and Yashar Parsie examine [[link removed]] the role of nonproliferation in US grand strategy and how to manage expectations among allies. Read the full policy memo [[link removed]] or watch, read, or listen to their discussion with Peter Rough on the memo’s findings. [[link removed]]

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Before you go . . .

Following the latest Vienna Process for a Democratic Afghanistan meeting, Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan, sat down with Luke Coffey [[link removed]] to discuss the NRF’s vision for Afghanistan [[link removed]] and the role the Trump administration could play.

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