Putin’s Annexations May Cost Him Crimea

Vladimir Putin on a screen set at Red Square in central Moscow as he addresses a rally marking the annexation of four regions of Ukraine on September 30, 2022. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

By annexing more land, Vladimir Putin has reduced Crimea to one small part of a portfolio of Ukrainian provinces that he claims are Russian. In the Wall Street Journal, Hudson Adjunct Fellow Casey Michel explains why this overreach could cost him the peninsula.

Why Is Biden Giving Up on Nuclear Deterrence?

President Joe Biden talks on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday, August 25, 2022, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

In The Spectator, Hudson Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs explains that there are no realistic off-ramps for the US to offer Russia—and the Biden administration needs to return to the robust deterrence that has kept the world safe from nuclear war for the past eight decades.

Now Is Not the Time for Naivety on Iran

Anti-regime protests in Tehran, Iran, on October 8, 2022. (AFP via Getty Images)

The Biden administration still hopes for a new nuclear deal, even as Russia uses Iranian drones against Ukraine and Tehran brutally punishes its people. In Arab News, Hudson Senior Fellow Luke Coffey lists five steps for how the US and its allies can deter further Iranian aggression.

How to Target Iran’s Kleptocracy

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei attends the joint graduation ceremony of armed forces cadets at Imam Hussein Military University in Tehran, Iran, on October 3, 2022. (Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Policymakers in the US focus on constraining Iran’s nuclear program and sponsorship of terrorism, and media coverage centers on Tehran’s theocratic tyranny. The solution to these issues is to pressure the sprawling kleptocracy that undergirds the regime, explains Research Fellow Nate Sibley in a Hudson policy memo. 

China’s Threat to Taiwan Semiconductors

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's most valuable semiconductor company, on September 16, 2022, in Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)

As tensions with China rise, many American investors seem more concerned with climate change than threats against Taiwan—and the market shocks that an invasion would cause. In the Wall Street Journal, Hudson Distinguished Fellow and 70th Secretary of State Michael Pompeo explains how the financial sector can better prepare to fight off a Chinese attack.

BEFORE YOU GO...

The best way to address the urgent need for greater deterrence in the Pacific is not by panickily building-up capabilities, nor is it by blindly betting on future developments. Hudson Senior Fellow Dan Patt, former Director of the Defense Intelligence Unit Michael Brown, and WestExec Advisors Co-Founder Michele Flournoy explain in a panel discussion hosted by Hudson Institute why the US should embrace medium-term opportunities.