No images? Click here (Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images) China’s “diabolical mismanagement” of Hong Kong has proven that Taiwan can only be free outside of Beijing’s orbit, writes Hudson China Center Director Miles Yu in the New York Post. The “Odious” Legacy of Chinese Development Assistance in Africa: The Case of Angola (John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images) Expanding on their recent event, “The Corrupting Influence of Chinese Development Aid in Angola,” Hudson Senior Fellow Tom Duesterberg and award-winning investigative journalist Rafael Marques de Morais discuss China’s relationship with its main African client in this new Hudson policy memo. Turn Up the Heat on Putin—and Show Him He Can’t Defeat Ukraine (Kremlin) America’s strategy of spacing out and restricting weapons deliveries gives Vladimir Putin time to regroup while Ukraine pays in blood. In the New York Post, Hudson Center on Europe and Eurasia Director Peter Rough argues that the only way to bring Putin to his senses and end the war is to turn up the heat. Event | Keeping Ukraine on the Path to Victory (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images) To mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova will give a keynote address at Hudson Institute followed by a live discussion with Senior Fellows Peter Rough, Luke Coffey, and Bryan Clark, along with former Commanding General of US Army Europe Ben Hodges, and other experts next Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. Down Under, Jitters about National Security (State Department photo by Ron Przysucha) “From the CHIPS Act to the Battle of the Balloons, Australians have closely followed every development in what looks increasingly like Cold War II,” writes Hudson Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead. In the Wall Street Journal, he discusses how one of America’s most reliable allies is rising to meet today’s global security challenges. BEFORE YOU GO... The court politics of North Korea’s dictatorship have serious consequences for America and its allies. Hudson Asia-Pacific Security Director Patrick Cronin appeared on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer to offer his insights on the newfound public prominence of Kim Jong Un’s daughter, Kim Ju-ae. |