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“Nick Fuentes’s antisemitism, which Tucker Carlson largely ignored on his podcast, indicates a broader rot that could infect conservative circles: an affinity for Communist China,” writes Michael Sobolik in a Wall Street Journal letter.
Yet Xi Jinping is not the only ruthless dictator for whom Fuentes and his fellow travelers have shown appreciation. In that same interview, Fuentes expressed his “admiration” for Joseph Stalin—a claim Carlson promised to “circle back” on but never did. In the Daily Wire, Aaron MacLean recounts the millions of deaths and immense suffering Stalin caused in the Soviet Union and across Europe.
“It is important to remember who the monsters were, and are,” he writes.
The Central Asian republics known as the C5—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—have long suffered under Moscow’s authoritarian influence. But with Russia’s regional power waning as a result of its war in Ukraine, the United States has an opportunity to emerge as a genuine Eurasian power.
Ahead of last week’s C5+1 summit in Washington, Luke Coffey released a Hudson memo that lays out 11 steps for the US to bolster its ties in the region and prevent China from expanding its influence. Then, Coffey hosted Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States Magzhan Ilyassov and a panel of experts to discuss shared interests and the future of American engagement across Eurasia.
Watch the event, read the transcript, or listen to the podcast here.
Looking to Russia’s other periphery, Lithuania has become a leading US ally due to both its investment in its own defense capabilities and its outsized role in supporting Ukraine. Marshall Billingslea hosted Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys for a discussion on collective defense, energy and economic issues, the Lithuanian perspective on relations with China, and more.
Watch the event, read the transcript, or listen to the podcast here.
President Donald Trump recently designated Nigeria as a country of particular concern for the persecution of Christians by Islamist groups in the country. Nina Shea explains the importance of this move for at-risk Nigerian Christians and how it upholds religious freedom as a pillar of American foreign policy.
Drawing on his experience from conducting research and interviewing bandits in Nigeria, James Barnett describes in a Hudson brief the conflict’s history and explores potential outcomes should the US take a more aggressive approach, either diplomatically or militarily.
Read here.
Before you go . . .
The Fourth Intelligence Revolution: Anthony Vinci on AI, Geopolitics, and the Future of Espionage
Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., former senior intelligence officer Anthony Vinci will join Nadia Schadlow for an event on why intelligence is permeating fields from economics to science and technology, the expanding role of artificial intelligence, and how authoritarian adversaries target Americans through data collection and information operations.
