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Western sanctions placed on Russia, especially its exports of natural gas and crude oil, have cut Moscow’s annual income from energy exports and opened the fiscal deficit. The United States and its European partners can ramp up these efforts, further exploiting Vladimir Putin’s growing economic vulnerabilities as well as China’s source of fossil fuel and technology acquisition, argues Thomas Duesterberg.
Beijing uses mineral shortages and export license backlogs to accelerate technology transfers and advance its control over entire supply chains, explains William Chou in a Hudson policy memo.
In a new report, John Lee and Lavina Lee argue that, to contend with China’s unprecedented nuclear buildup, the US should:
- Abandon the false hope of arms control
- Recognize that allies do not need to consider developing their own nuclear weapons
- Double down on conventional allied rearmament
- Engage in psychological warfare with strategic effects
By ending the United Nations’ monopoly on aid distribution in the Gaza Strip, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) made it harder for Hamas to control and weaponize food access. GHF Executive Chairman Johnnie Moore joined Hudson’s Michael Doran to explain the foundation’s efforts and the situation on the ground.
Watch the event, listen to the podcast, or read the transcript here.
On a panel of energy experts, Brigham McCown argued that the US needs to rebuild its domestic uranium enrichment capacity to reduce its dependency on Russia.
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Experts and shipbuilding industry leaders gathered at Hudson to discuss the challenges the US Navy and Coast Guard face amid modernization efforts and how new legislation and regulation can help restore America’s maritime superiority.
