How to Overcome the Military Recruitment and Retention Crisis

Marines confirm their oath of enlistment. (US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Hageali)

Facing unprecedented global threats and a 15,000-soldier recruiting deficit, the US armed forces are in a crisis. Representative Mike Waltz, ranking member of the HASC Subcommittee on Readiness, joins LTG (Ret.) Thomas Spoehr, Hudson Senior Fellow Bryan Clark, and Media Fellow Jeremy Hunt to discuss the causes and potential solutions.

Is the JCPOA Worth Saving?

Qiam and qadr ballistic missiles in Tehran. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Does a return to the Iran nuclear deal make sense today given the depth of cooperation between Moscow and Tehran? Watch this timely discussion with nonproliferation expert David Albright and Michael Doran, Hudson senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East.

New Nuclear Threats Require Homeland Civil Preparedness

Urban response drills in New York City. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)

President Biden’s “Armageddon” comments fail to consider that Moscow’s current nuclear arsenal is specifically calibrated to avoid an all-out exchange with the US and NATO. In this policy memo, Hudson Adjunct Fellow Tom DiNanno and American Global Strategies Vice President Brian Cavanaugh explain why the US needs to prepare for the threat of modern tactical nuclear weapons.

US Reengagement with Pakistan: Ideas for Reviving an Important Relationship

State Department officials meet with Pakistani counterparts. (Kevin Lamarque/AFP via Getty Images)

Hudson Senior Fellow and Former Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani makes 14 policy recommendations for reviving America’s relationship with a once-close nuclear ally in this Hudson Institute report in conjunction with the Pakistan Study Group. 

Learning from Post-Cold War Deterrence Failures

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Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has been an unmitigated disaster. In a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Hudson Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs offers insight on what the US can learn from its greatest deterrence failure of the post-Cold War era.

BEFORE YOU GO...

This event featuring leading corruption experts and Georgian Parliament Member Khatia Dekanoidze, moderated by Hudson Kleptocracy Initiative Research Fellow Nate Sibley, explores how the malign influence of Russian oligarchs in Georgia aids Putin’s brutal war in Ukraine.