China’s Reckless Labs Put the World at Risk

Wuhan Institute of Virology. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

The world must hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable when it fails to uphold global biosafety standards, Mike Pompeo and Miles Yu argue in The Wall Street Journal. The evidence that COVID-19 came from Wuhan is enormous, though largely circumstantial, and most signs point to the Wuhan Institute of Virology as the source. In America, concern about the site is now broad and bipartisan. Lives and livelihoods across the world are on the line, and the international community must be prepared to hold China accountable on this critical issue.  

Virtual Event | The Future of Politics in an Evolving Information Ecosystem

Join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Peter Rough and experts Roshan Patel, Josh Holmes, and Jon Lerner today at 12:00 p.m. EST for a discussion on the impact of the information revolution on the media and political landscape confronting policy organizations, corporations, and campaigns in the 2020s.

PODCAST LAUNCH: Counterbalance

Join Hosts Michael Doran and Marshall Kosloff kick off the newest podcast from Hudson Institute, “Counterbalance,” focusing on foreign policy through discussions that challenge the conventional wisdom. Listen to the trailer and subscribe today–then tune into Episode 1 on March 3.

The Polar Bear Paradox  

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Climate change is back on the agenda and key positions within the government will be filled with individuals committed to achieving green goals, writes Walter Russell Mead in The Wall Street Journal. Paradoxically, as climate change assumes a more prominent place on the international agenda, climate activists will lose influence over climate policy. Activists see climate change as an existential threat that the world should unite around fighting—but individual countries inevitably see even the most urgent global problems through the lens of their own interests. 

The Economic Case for Prioritizing a US-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visits Penghu Air Force Base on September 22, 2020. (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)

The United States should move quickly to accept Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s offer to enter into negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), writes Thomas Duesterberg in Forbes. Taiwan faces clear threats to its economic and political success because it has become overly dependent on trade and investment with China. Taiwan thus has ample motivation to enter into a more stable, longer-term relationship with its leading supporter, the United States.

BEFORE YOU GO...

Join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Eric Brown and Adjunct Fellow Nury Turkel for a discussion with veteran journalist Kai Strittmatter this Thursday on his groundbreaking book We Have Been Harmonised: Life in China’s Surveillance State, which examines the rise of “digital Leninism,” explains how the CCP has perfected techno-tyranny to maintain its grip on power, and explores the global impact of these practices.