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Predatory Sparrow Hacks Iran’s Financial System [[link removed]]

Israel’s cyber assault on Iran during the Twelve-Day War caused a bank run and destroyed $90 million of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ cryptocurrency assets. In The Wall Street Journal [[link removed]], Michael Doran [[link removed]] and Zineb Riboua [[link removed]] argue that the United States should support Israeli cyber operations more to improve leverage over Tehran and prepare for high-stakes cyber warfare in the future.

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Tokyo as a Window for Global Japan: A Conversation with Governor Yuriko Koike [[link removed]]

As Japan navigates demographic shifts and its global influence increases, Tokyo stands out as a hub for innovation and investment. Governor Yuriko Koike joined Hudson Japan Chair Kenneth Weinstein [[link removed]] to discuss [[link removed]] the city’s role in shaping Japan’s engagement with the US and the world.

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Politics, Loyalty, and Survival: A Conversation with Salena Zito [[link removed]]

Journalist Salena Zito joined Paul Sracic [[link removed]] to discuss [[link removed]] her new book, Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America’s Heartland, which draws on years of on-the-ground reporting to identify the forces driving American politics during President Trump’s campaign for reelection.

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Achieving Adaptable Scale: Fielding Military Capabilities as a Service [[link removed]]

Despite years of reform, the Pentagon still struggles to field new technology quickly. Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., Bryan Clark [[link removed]], Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA), General Mike Minihan (US Air Force, Ret.), and defense industry leaders will discuss [[link removed]] how buying capabilities as a service could help defense officials bypass red tape and get necessary tools to warfighters faster.

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What NATO Nations Should Learn from the Kherson Regional Military Administration [[link removed]]

After Kherson’s 2022 liberation from Russian occupation, Ukrainian authorities quickly restored governance and essential services. With the threat of Russian aggression looming over other frontline states, Luke Coffey [[link removed]] draws on Kherson’s experience to lay out a framework for governing under wartime conditions or occupation in a new Hudson policy memo [[link removed]] based on his field research in the region.

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Before you go . . .

Rebeccah Heinrichs [[link removed]] explains that the faction of commentators who see America’s exercise of military power abroad as illegitimate and dangerous can best be understood as the “1939 Project”—a decentralized, right-wing, online analogue to the left’s 1619 Project.

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