TODAY: Virtual Event | A Conversation with Secretary Michael R. Pompeo

With Hamas waging war on Israel yet again, Hudson is hosting a special conversation with Hudson Distinguished Fellow and former Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Senior Fellow Michael Doran to examine the implications of the conflict for the United States. What are the underlying causes of the violence? What is the end result that best serves the interests of the people of the Middle East and the United States? What role does the conflict play in American foreign policy writ large? Please join Hudson Institute for this timely discussion today at 2:00pm EDT.

The US Is Less Relevant Than Ever in Gaza

Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system intercepts rockets fired by the Hamas movement from Gaza city towards Israel early on May 16, 2021 (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

It’s déjà vu all over again in the Middle East as another round of Israeli-Palestinian combat follows a tragic and familiar path, writes Walter Russell Mead in The Wall Street Journal. The U.S. risks overlooking the ways in which this latest conflict reflects some fixed facts of Israeli-Palestinian relations, but is also underestimating the ways in which the changing dynamics of the Middle East and world politics are altering Israeli-Palestinian competition.

TODAY: Virtual Event | Corruption and Impunity in Argentina

Join Hudson Institute today at 12:00pm EDT for a conversation on corruption and impunity in Argentina with the former president and vice president of the country’s financial intelligence unit, Mariano Federici and María Eugenia Talerico, moderated by Adjunct Fellow Marshall Billingslea with Research Fellow Nate Sibley. Argentina’s economy has been devastated by decades of corruption, mismanagement and excessive borrowing, rendering it especially vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please join Hudson Institute for this timely discussion on how the U.S. and international community can continue to support democracy and the rule of law in Argentina.

Who's Afraid of Comprehensive Trade Deals? Washington, Apparently

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (6R) and Ministerial Representatives from 12 countries pose for a photo after signing the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement in Auckland on February 4, 2016 (Photo by MICHAEL BRADLEY/AFP via Getty Images)

The Biden administration is loath to forge any new comprehensive trade deals—but the global economy waits for no one and will quickly fill the vacuum, warns Riley Walters in The Hill. Neglecting trade will make it increasingly difficult for the U.S. to compete in the global economy and will deprive us of an important counterweight against Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific. If the Biden administration and Congress want to get serious about competing with China, they must overcome their fear of comprehensive trade deals.

FRIDAY: Virtual Event | Ukraine’s Latest Security Crisis

Join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Peter Rough, Heritage Foundation foreign policy expert Luke Coffey and NATO officials David Cattler and Ambassador Baiba Braže this Friday at 12:00pm EDT for a discussion on Russia’s most recent incursions into Ukraine and the role of NATO in deterring Russian aggression. Last month, Russia completed its concentration of large-scale military forces along its border to Ukraine, raising the specter of an escalation in hostilities between Russian-backed separatist forces and Kyiv. Although Moscow announced a military pullback after a tense period, the situation remains on a knife’s edge as NATO continues to attempt to deter Russian aggression. Join Hudson Institute for this timely discussion.

BEFORE YOU GO...

ICYMI: Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Michael Doran sat down with David Albright—one of the few nuclear experts granted access to the Iranian Atomic Archive captured by Israel in 2018—to discuss the Iran nuclear deal.