It's Time for Biden to Get Tough on Russia

U.S. President Joe Biden poses for a picture during a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (not pictured) ahead of the G7 summit, at Carbis Bay Hotel, on June 10, 2021 near St Ives, England (Photo by Toby Melville - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

The United States is embarking on yet another quixotic attempt to cooperate with Russia, Peter Rough  and Tim Morrison warn in National Review. President Biden's attempts to placate Vladimir Putin have done nothing by embolden the Russian leader and suggest American weakness. Biden's meeting with Putin is a chance for him to counter Russian posturing with American strength by standing with out allies and holding Russia accountable for its malign behavior—but to expect cooperation and a new era of bilateral cooperation is foolhardy. 

What Happened in Wuhan?

Hudson Senior Fellow David Asher interviewed by Fox's Martha MacCallum

As former CDC Director Robert Redfield expanded on his belief that COVID-19 likely resulted from a lab leak, Hudson Senior Fellow and former State Department investigator David Asher weighed in with Martha MacCallum on Fox News. It is becoming increasingly clear that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was engaging in dangerous gain of function research in a lab with minimal security, and may well be responsible for the largest man-made catastrophe in history.

A 21st Century Defense Industrial Strategy for America

A researcher displays a silicon wafer, an essential material used in the production of semiconductors and other technologies critical to U.S. national security. (Getty Images)

America's defense industrial base, once the most powerful in the free world, is now in need of accelerated national focus in order to preserve American leadership and keep up with the changing national security landscape. In a recent Hudson Institute report, Ellen Lord and Jeb Nadaner propose a four-part program to create a robust, resilient, secure, and innovative industrial base. 

While Democracies Lecture, Their Adversaries Run Free

World leaders at the G-7 Summit in Carbis Bay, on June 11, 2021 (Photo by Leon Neal - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

The G-7’s strong condemnation of Russia’s “destabilizing behavior” and China’s military encroachments and human rights abuses suggested the return of multilateral cooperation and unity—but will have no real impact or consequences, argues Walter Russell Mead in The Wall Street Journal. Unless America and its allies start scoring some concrete wins, autocracies will expand their power base and the global political balance will continue to deteriorate.

Why Tokyo Should Proceed With the Summer Olympics

A protester holds a placard during a demonstration against the forthcoming Tokyo Olympic Games on June 06, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)

Many in Japan are calling on Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to cancel the upcoming Olympic Games as the country continues to fight a wave of coronavirus and struggles to vaccinate its people—but the games must go on, argues Riley Walters in The Hill. With less than two months until the games are set to begin, Japan has ramped up its vaccine distribution and now expects at least 70 percent of its population to be fully vaccinated by the end of the year. This year, the Games also can show the world that there just might be a light at the end of this global COVID-19 crisis.

BEFORE YOU GO...

Join Hudson Senior Fellow and former Department of State COVID-19 lead investigator Dr. David Asher and experts Dr. Steven Quay and Professor Richard Muller today at 2:00pm ET for a discussion on the scientific evidence and politics surrounding the inquiries into the origins of COVID-19. The speakers will assess the complicity of the Chinese government in the propagation of the pandemic, and address the reasons for the initial consensus that the origin of the pandemic was undoubtedly natural.