How 5G Can Help Defend Taiwan

A Marine launches an RQ-20 PUMA. (US Marine Corps photo by Manuel Serrano)

In Breaking Defense, Hudson Senior Fellows Bryan Clark and Dan Patt explain that “to better deter China in the near-term, the US military should take a page from Ukraine’s playbook” by using commercially available technology. In particular, the Pentagon can exploit off-the-shelf 5G hardware and software.
 

Podcast: Apple in China, Zero-COVID, and the Politics of Death in the PRC

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In the second episode of China Insider, Senior Fellow and China Center Director Miles Yu and Media Fellow Wilson Shirley discuss mass surveillance, protests at Apple’s facilities, the end of Zero-COVID, and the politics of death in communist regimes.

Taiwan Policy in the New Congress with Rep. Don Bacon

Flag-Lowering Ceremony in Taipei. (Annabelle Chih via Getty Images)

Congressman Don Bacon of Nebraska and Japan Chair Deputy Director Riley Walters discuss how the new US Congress can fight back against China’s efforts to isolate and intimidate Taiwan in this live event airing today at 3:00 p.m.

Will Belarusian Troops Join Russia in the Campaign against Ukraine?

Joint drills between Russian and Belarusian paratroopers. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

"Something is clearly brewing in Belarus," writes Senior Fellow Luke Coffey in Arab News. Whether more airstrikes or a renewed assault on Kyiv occurs next, policymakers cannot forget about Ukraine's northern border.

It’s Time to Prepare for Ukrainian Peace

An elderly woman grieves next to a Ukrainian soldier's grave. (Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images)

While Russia’s aggression cannot go unpunished, the total dismemberment of the Russian state would unleash a nightmare scenario. In the Wall Street Journal, Hudson Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead explains why policymakers need to think about what kind of peace they want.

BEFORE YOU GO...

Only a strong America that refuses to bend the knee will succeed in defending the freedom and liberty of its citizens and allies against China’s accelerating military and economic coercion, writes Hudson Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs in the Washington Examiner.