Handle the India-U.S. Relationship With Care

Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta with BJP party candidate Rajesh Bhatia flash the victory sign on June 6, 2022 in New Delhi, India. (Getty Images)

Although the U.S.-India relationship looks like a success on the surface, significant differences lurk beneath and if not handled carefully bilateral cooperation could be derailed at a critical time. From the rise of a new Hindu nationalism to India’s desire for a strong Russia and China, for relations to prosper, Indians and Americans need to focus on building deeper ties between the two societies, argues Walter Russell Mead in The Wall Street Journal. 

The Paradoxes of Jihadism in Nigeria

The black flags of “Boko Haram” are still visible on this building (pictured August 2021), which they used as a prison and execution grounds during its occupation of Gwoza town in Borno state from 2014 to 2015. (James Barnett)

Read James Barnett’s analysis on the Islamic State West Africa Province’s (ISWAP)— Islamic State’s (IS) affiliate in northeastern Nigeria—heavy involvement in the IS’s retaliatory campaign this past Ramadan dubbed “Revenge for Two Sheikhs.” Picking up where its notorious militant predecessor Boko Haram left off, the ISWAP dramatically increased its tempo of attacks for the Revenge Raid campaign conducting operations in new areas, such as in the states of Taraba, Kogi, and Niger. Yet ISWAP has nowhere near seared the public consciousness the way Boko Haram did in recent years.

The Erosion of Border Control and Its Threat to National Sovereignty

Migrants wait in line to be processed after crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. on May 03, 2022 in La Joya, Texas. (Getty Images)

The humanitarian crisis occurring on America’s southern border poses a direct threat to national security and international order, which is built on the principle of sovereignty. It is Washington’s job to control the crisis that has been unfolding at the border, writes Nadia Schadlow for Hoover Institution, and their lack of action not only creates the perception of America being unable to control its territory, but poses long-term consequences for national and international security.

Heavy Metal: A Book Talk on the Labor Behind America's Shipbuilding

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Please join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Bryan Clark for a discussion with author Michael Fabey about his new book, which explores the more than 100-year history of Newport News Shipbuilding and its workers to highlight their sacrifice and contribution to the nation’s needs in the midst of wars, the civil rights movement, and political upheaval.

Russia Maintains Conducting 'Special Operation' in Ukraine

As Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its 100th day, the U.S. needs to provide Ukraine with more support and equipment to bring an end to the war. In an interview on Fox Business, Hudson Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs discusses the need for the Biden Administration to reevaluate its current strategy.