No images? Click here On The Lead with Jake Tapper, Rebeccah Heinrichs highlighted how the potential minerals deal can ensure stronger, more concrete long-term ties between the United States and Ukraine. Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., Hudson will welcome Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Todd Young (R-IN) to discuss their proposal for restoring America’s shipping and shipbuilding industries to help deter Chinese aggression. The Chinese Communist Party’s claim that Taiwan is an inseparable part of China has no real historical, legal, or factual legitimacy. Rather, Beijing’s ambitions are “about undermining the US and the global democratic order,” writes Miles Yu. Bryan Clark explains how the United States military could implement President Donald Trump’s plan for a missile defense system over the US homeland. As the Iranian regime tightens its grip at home, it is also strengthening its anti-Western alliance with China and Russia. Zineb Riboua will host an expert panel to discuss Iran’s resistance movement and shifting political landscape to identify the implications for regional stability tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. Before you go . . . The US has three main strategic interests in South Africa: (1) block China from getting a naval base in Simonstown, (2) protect US investments in the country, and (3) prevent the further rise of extremist parties in the country. Joshua Meservey argues that, to achieve these aims, Washington should target government officials instead of applying broad, indiscriminate sanctions. |