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Hudson in 5
The United States military’s recruitment crisis emboldens America’s enemies, warns Hudson’s Mike Gallagher in The Wall Street Journal. 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.
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) will join Hudson President and CEO John Walters to discuss 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.
Walter Russell Mead argues in The Wall Street Journal that Donald Trump’s supposedly new approach to Russia echoes Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Joe Biden—and Henry Wallace.
“Trump often takes disruptive approaches to induce others to move in the direction he prefers,” writes Nadia Schadlow while drawing lessons from President Richard Nixon’s foreign policy.
America’s longstanding goal of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons—among allies and adversaries alike—may be at risk. Rebeccah Heinrichs and Yashar Parsie examine the role of nonproliferation in US grand strategy and how to manage expectations among allies. Read the full policy memo or watch, read, or listen to their discussion with Peter Rough on the memo’s findings.
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 to discuss the NRF’s vision for Afghanistan and the role the Trump administration could play.
