No images? Click here Last week, the United States and Japan signed a memorandum of understanding that described the terms of Japan’s promise to invest $550 billion to help “rebuild and expand core American industries.” In a Hudson policy memo, William Chou examines the terms of this agreement and identifies how Washington and Tokyo can mutually benefit from the investment. Today at 2:30 p.m. before the Helsinki Commission, Luke Coffey will testify on Russian influence in Georgia and how the US can address the consequences of Tbilisi’s slide into authoritarianism. Matthew Boyse hosted Bulgarian Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov and other experts to discuss Southeast Europe’s role in weaning the Continent off Russian energy. Currently, America’s strategic defense depends primarily on threatening massive nuclear retaliation. Bryan Clark and Henry Sokolski weigh the costs and benefits of President Donald Trump’s proposed Golden Dome missile defense system and its implications for US strategic posture. Russia is a critical asset to China as Beijing seeks to dominate the globe, argued Miles Yu on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. Before you go . . . Next Wednesday at 3:00 p.m., Senator David McCormick (R-PA) and representatives from Nippon Steel, U.S. Steel, and the Pittsburgh community will join Hudson to discuss how Nippon Steel’s historic investment advances US economic and national security and US-Japan relations. |