Editor’s note: Given the increased volume of content and heightened interest in Hudson scholarship over the past five months, we’ve used this WFH opportunity to revamp our Hudson in the News bi-weekly newsletter. Meet our updated newsletter: Hudson in 5. Each week, you will get the innovative thinking, rigorous research, and analysis that challenges conventional wisdom you’ve come to expect from our scholars. But you’re busy. So we’ve whittled it down to the top five items from the week that’ll keep you informed. We hope you enjoy it.

China's Emerging Middle Eastern Kingdom

China is actively working to oust the United States from the Middle East—a reality that the American strategic community would overwhelmingly prefer not to recognize, notes Michael Doran and Peter Rough in Tablet Magazine. In a new article that is making the rounds on Capitol Hill, the authors outline China’s campaign of political warfare in the Middle East.  

Snooze the Climate Alarms

When it comes to protecting the earth, growth is good. In a new column for The Wall Street Journal, Walter Russell Mead makes the case that economic development is a critical step towards a healthier planet. By challenging the “sacred cows” of environmentalism, economic growth allows developing countries to prioritize personal and environmental well-being.

Loosening China’s Grip on Supply Chains

From medicine to personal protective equipment, China has positioned itself as the world's singular supplier of basic necessities. In a new Hudson policy memo, Thomas Duesterberg identifies how the United States can loosen China’s grip on international supply chains and jump start domestic production of key, everyday products.

US Businesses Ignore the Bottom Line on Human Rights

While U.S. companies are quick to spotlight domestic injustices, many overlook China's egregious and ongoing human rights violations when it benefits their bottom line. On Fox Business, Rebeccah Heinrichs argues that U.S. companies doing business with China have a responsibility to extend their activism to China’s persecution of ethnic and religious minorities.  

The Geo-Tech Wars: Maintaining Democratic Leadership over Future Technologies

While China tries to establish an authoritarian sphere of influence over advanced technologies ranging from 5G to AI, the world's leading democracies are preparing for the coming "geo-tech wars." Join experts from India, Japan, Australia, and the United States for a discussion on how democracies can work together to build a free and open technological future. Hudson Senior Fellow Eric Brown will moderate the event. 

BEFORE YOU GO...

• While most reports by government commissions aren’t considered page turners, Tod Lindberg thinks the new report by State’s Commission on Unalienable Rights is worth your time, as a “a lively and serious inquiry into the basic ideas that animated the founding of the United States and provided impetus to the global pursuit of human rights.”