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Introducing The Take: Bryan Clark Offers His Take on the Future of War

Hudson Senior Fellow Bryan Clark

In the inaugural episode of Hudson’s new video series The Take, [[link removed]] Senior Fellow Bryan Clark offers viewers his two-minute "take" on how the U.S. military can better prepare for the gray-zone tactics increasingly favored by Russia, China, and North Korea: decision-centric warfare. Gray-zone warfare describes provocative demonstrations of force that fall short of the types of high intensity confrontation that would trigger military escalation. While the U.S. military is overprepared for high intensity conflict situations, we are underprepared for the gray-zone operations. To address this strategic disadvantage, the U.S. must move beyond its outdated planning model and embrace decision-centric warfare. Watch The Take [[link removed]] and read Bryan's report Implementing Decision-Centric Warfare: Elevating Command and Control to Gain an Optionality Advantage [[link removed]] to learn more.

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A Conversation with Indian Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu

India and the United States face a number of shared challenges, ranging from managing the COVID-19 pandemic to emerging threats in the Indo-Pacific. Join Hudson President and CEO John Walters and India’s Ambassador to the U.S. Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Friday at 10:00 a.m. EDT for a discussion [[link removed]]on these issues and the future of U.S.-India relations.

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Land Mines for US Abound in the Caucasus

The Flame Towers in Baku, Azerbaijan (Getty Images)

The recent U.S.-brokered release of 15 Armenian prisoners of war from detention in Azerbaijan shows that American diplomacy is alive and well in the Caucasus—but the State Department should still tread lightly, warns Walter Russell Mead in the Wall Street Journal [[link removed]]. Conflicts in the Caucasus can have a disproportionately large impact on the world order given the region’s proximity to and ties with Iran and Russia. The prisoner release could offer a welcome opportunity to work with both countries to make the region more peaceful and less vulnerable to external threats.

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CHIPs Funding Should Feed the Future, Not the Corporate Trough

A new type of 300 millimeter wafer with semiconductor chips and finished microchips of the semiconductor German manufacturer Bosch are seen in Dresden, Germany on May 31, 2021 (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER/AFP via Getty Images)

Congress should shore up American competitiveness by investing the bulk of CHIPs Act funding in developing future technologies, write Bryan Clark and Dan Patt in The Hill [[link removed]]. U.S.-based chip fabrication and packaging plants are at a major disadvantage compared with more experienced foreign rivals like Taiwan’s TSMC or South Korea’s Samsung. Instead of using government money to build soon-to-be outdated and uncompetitive chip plants, Congress should provide the domestic semiconductor industry with the tools it needs to overcome competitors by exploiting the transition to new and more specialized chip designs.

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Is There Trouble Ahead for the US and India?

U.S. President Joe Biden (L), with Secretary of State Antony Blinken (2nd L), meets virtually with members of the "Quad" in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 12, 2021. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

India could prove to be America’s most important partner in countering China’s hegemonic ambitions in Asia. But President Biden will only be able to strengthen this vital relationship if he is willing to put aside some of his other geopolitical priorities on Russia, trade, the environment, and even human rights, writes Mike Watson in The Diplomat [[link removed]]. The Biden administration must take steps to reassure India of its commitment before it is too late.

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Join Hudson Senior Fellow Bryan Clark, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) on Monday, June 28 at 2:00 p.m. EDT for a discussion [[link removed]]on the challenges facing the U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry and legislative initiatives to address these problems, including the SHIPYARD Act. A functioning maritime industrial base is essential for the United States to out-compete China, yet the Biden administration’s proposed American Jobs Plan does not address America’s aging maritime industrial base, while the SHIPYARD Act’s $25 million in proposed spending is arguably the bare minimum required to keep U.S. ships and submarines afloat. Join our panel for a timely discussion on the changes needed to strengthen this key aspect of our defense capabilities.

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