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January 6, 2021 at 12:00 PM

Hudson in 5: Hudson's New President, the U.K. Goes Its Own Way, Xi Eyes South Asia

No images? Click here     Hudson Announces New President and CEO     John P. Walters speaks at a Hudson event in February 2020 (Jessica Latos Photography).   Hudson Institute announced John P. Walters as its…
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December 23, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Hudson in 5: The Islamic Militia That Protects Churches, Xi's Little Red Bible, and the New Rules for Nuclear Security

No images? Click here     With the holidays around the corner, Hudson in 5 will be taking a break next week. We'll see you January 6!   The Islamic Militia That Protects Churches     A line of men in Banser …
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December 19, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Weekend Reads: A Historic Win for Anti-Corruption Efforts

No images? Click here The U.S. flag hangs in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) This month, Congress tackled one of America’s most serious finance vulnerabilities by including anti-money laundering reforms…
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December 16, 2020 at 12:01 PM

Hudson in 5: China's Climate Change Shell Game, 90's Nostalgia Grips the Biden Team, A White Elephant Swap at the UN

No images? Click here     China's Climate Change Shell Game     A worker examines sewage recycling at the coal liquefaction factory of CHN Energy in Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 11, 2019.…
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December 12, 2020 at 12:02 PM

Weekend Reads: President Tsai Ing-wen on Safeguarding Global Freedoms

No images? Click here Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen delivers remarks at Hudson's virtual year-end celebration. Hudson Institute was honored to virtually host Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen for her perspectives on the future of the free world during the In…
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December 9, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Hudson in 5: Climate Hawks Flock Wall Street, China's New Leverage, DoD's Trojan Horse

No images? Click here     The Pentagon's Trojan Horse     A member of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force looks through binoculars downrange while conducting an initial training scenario reconnaissance at Misawa Air Base, Ja…
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December 5, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Weekend Reads: Israeli PM Netanyahu on "Worst of Both Worlds" Nuclear Deal

No images? Click here Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at Hudson Institute's Herman Kahn Award Dinner in New York, 2016. This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined Hudson Senior Fellow Mike Doran for a conversation on t…
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December 2, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Hudson in 5: Pentagon Acquisitions Chief on US-China Competition, Biden's Africa Dilemma, Europe's Frugal Four

No images? Click here     Biden's African Diplomacy Dilemma     A Yoruba priest sits in a temple dedicated to Olokun in Benin City, Nigeria. Olokun is an orisha spirit praised for their ability to give great wealth, hea…
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November 28, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Weekend Reads: Sharing Gratitude This Thanksgiving

No images? Click here While this year’s Thanksgiving holiday may be different in size and splendor for many of us, this uniquely American celebration will remain an important opportunity to reflect upon our many blessings.  Please enjoy a special video conv…
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November 25, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Hudson in 5: Biden and "The Blob," Trump's China Successes, Fixing the WHO

No images? Click here     Children Pay the Cost  When Voters Decriminalize Drugs     Two sisters comfort each other at the graves of their parents on Sunday, June 21, 2020, in Troy, MI. (The Washington Post via Getty Im…
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November 21, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Weekend Reads: China's Indo-Pacific Power Play Strengthens the U.S.-Japan Alliance

No images? Click here U.S. Marine Corps 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 11th Brigade members attend the ceremony marking the U.S.-Japan joint exercise on August 10, 2017 in Eniwa, Hokkaido, Japan. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Ima…
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November 18, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Hudson in 5: China Aims for the Heart of Silicon Valley, Biden's Big Tech Enigma, Moscow's Disinformation Toolkit

No images? Click here     China Takes Aim at Silicon Valley     A technician monitors parameter index at the laptop assembly workshop of LCFC Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. in Hefei, Anhui Province of China. (Zhang Da…
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November 14, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Weekend Reads: Iran's Outreach in Asia and the Jihadist Battle for Africa

No images? Click here A Hezbollah supporter displays a picture of Iran's late founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomenei on October 1, 2017.  (Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images) In the West, news coverage of Islamist extremism is often limited to t…
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November 11, 2020 at 12:01 PM

Hudson in 5: Biden's Stance on China, Turkey's Radical Shift, Israel Revisited, America's Election Marvel

No images? Click here     America's Election Marvel     A worker with the Detroit Department of Elections helps process an absentee ballot at the Central Counting Board in the TCF Center on November 4, 2020 in Detroit, …
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November 7, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Weekend Reads: Undisputed: The U.S. Military's Challenges Ahead

No images? Click here The Japanese Asahi-class destroyer Shiranui sails in formation with the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) during Keen Sword 21. Keen Sword is an example of the strength of the U.S.-Japan Alliance, the foundatio…
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November 4, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Hudson in 5: U.S. Elections, the Trump Paradox, U.S. Military in Uncertain Times

No images? Click here     The World Watches as America Votes     Voters wait in line to vote for the 2020 US elections in Norwalk, California on November 3, 2020.  (Frederic Brown/AFP via Getty Images)   Ame…
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October 31, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: America's First Freedom

No images? Click here An Iraqi Yazidi lights candles outside Lalish temple northwest of Baghdad, during a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year, on April 14, 2015.  (Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images) As voters head to the polls next week, they’ll be …
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October 28, 2020 at 11:01 AM

Hudson in 5: Russia's Election Trolls, the Middle East's Overlooked Alliance, Trump's Second-Term Ambitions

No images? Click here     Russia's Election Trolls     Congressional staff display social media posts during a hearing on Russian social media disinformation before the House Select Intelligence Committee on November 1,…
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October 24, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: Introducing the Look Ahead Series

No images? Click here Voters across the U.S. are counting the days, hours, and minutes until November 3. But regardless of the presidential election's outcome, the challenges faced by the nation remain the same: a once-in-a-century pandemic and its subsequen…
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October 21, 2020 at 11:01 AM

Hudson in 5: China's Africa Problem, Young Arabs Break with the Past, Pakistan's Terror Financing

No images? Click here     China's Africa Problem     Performers during the inauguration ceremony of Ivory Coast's new 60,000-seat stadium, built with the help of China ahead of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. (Issouf Sanogo…
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October 17, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: VIDEO: The Coronavirus Pandemic Turns One

No images? Click here One year ago, hospitals in Wuhan began experiencing a surge in hospitalizations that would later be connected to COVID-19, marking the beginning of the pandemic. Fast forward 12 months. The virus has claimed over one million lives, plunged a…
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October 14, 2020 at 11:01 AM

Hudson in 5: China's Controversial New UN Partnership, Disrupting the DoD, and more

No images? Click here     UN Partners with China on Big Data     Chairman Xi Jinping raises a toast to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the PRC. (Getty Images)   While the U.S. is trying to limit data flows…
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October 10, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: Protecting the 2020 Elections

No images? Click here Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers (C) of the National Security Division, FBI Director Christopher Wray (R) and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia G. Zachary Terwilliger (L) host a press conference on a national s…
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October 7, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Hudson in 5: Elections, China and the US-Japan relationship, the Taliban's tanked ceasefire, and more

No images? Click here     Tokyo Prepares for November     While Americans are focused on the upcoming election, the November vote looms especially large for Japan. In The National Interest, Patrick Cronin outlines how t…
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October 3, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: China-Proofing the U.S. Navy

No images? Click here SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter and helicopters from U.S. Army 35th Combat Aviation Brigade fly in formation over guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) after US Army-Navy interoperability training. (Getty Images) Gray zone …
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September 30, 2020 at 11:02 AM

Hudson in 5: The Fleet of the Future, NASA's China Connections, and more

No images? Click here     The Fleet of the Future     The U.S. Navy is facing a once-in-a-century combination of challenges, from rising adversaries to budget constraints that prevent the Navy from simply growing its fl…
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September 26, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: After the Election: Senator Rubio on the Global Challenges Ahead

No images? Click here Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) questions witnesses during a hearing about Venezuela in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill August 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Imag…
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September 23, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Hudson in 5: China's Climate Geopolitics, Trump and Kim, and more

No images? Click here     The Geopolitics of China's Climate     Presidential candidate Joe Biden has made tackling climate change a centerpiece of his campaign, but how would he address communist China's role as the wo…
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September 19, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: A Historic Win for the Middle East

No images? Click here Foreign Affairs Minister of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Foreign Affairs Minister of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nah…
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September 12, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: The U.S. Navy's Unmanned Future

No images? Click here The Sea Hunter, an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle developed by DARPA, gets underway on the Willamette River. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released) China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea have increasingly turned to autono…
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September 9, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Hudson in 5: China’s Race to Block Competition, Planning for Military Escalation at Sea, and more

No images? Click here     China's Race to Block Competitors     Before discussions began about the West's economic decoupling from China, Beijing had carefully been moving to block out competitors like the United States…
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September 5, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: Rising Tensions with China and Russia on the High Seas

No images? Click here  Two Chinese jet fighters perform a military drill in the South China Sea near Hainan Island. (STR/AFP via Getty Images) Across the world, provocative military maneuvers have become increasingly common between great power rivals. Fr…
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September 2, 2020 at 12:01 PM

Hudson in 5: Countering Anti-Semitism, China's Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, and more

No images? Click here     Turning the Tide on Anti-Semitism     With the recent historic peace deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, many truisms about the Middle East are being reevaluated. Assistant Specia…
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August 26, 2020 at 12:10 PM

Hudson in 5: Huawei Alternatives, the Election in Belarus, and China's Latest Aggression

No images? Click here     Huawei Alternatives Gain Traction     Governments around the world are limiting Huawei's ability to operate on 5G networks due to the company's close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. As a r…
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August 19, 2020 at 12:04 PM

Hudson in 5: Israeli-UAE Peace, General Hyten, and Dreams of a "Neo-Ottoman World"

No images? Click here     In a rare and welcome display of bipartisan celebration, Democrats and Republicans are welcoming the new peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and crediting U.S. policy for its success. The plan has be…
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August 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: President Tsai at Hudson: Protecting Global Democracy

No images? Click here President Tsai Ing-wen delivers remarks during a visit to Taiwan by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. (Photo via Getty Images) Editor's Note: Weekend Reads will be taking a break for the remainder of August. Have a safe…
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August 12, 2020 at 12:01 PM

Hudson in 5: The End of American Illusion, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, and more

No images? Click here     Scheduling note: Tune in shortly at 9 a.m. EDT today to watch Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s remarks about her priorities for her second term and the challenges facing Taiwan: COVID, the fight for democracy in Hong K…
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August 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: China's Emerging Middle Eastern Kingdom

No images? Click here Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shake hands during an official welcoming ceremony prior to their meeting at Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran on January 23, 2016. (Pool / Iranian Presidency/Anadolu Agency…
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August 5, 2020 at 1:02 PM

Hudson in 5: China's Middle Eastern Kingdom, Climate Alarmism, and more

No images? Click here     Editor’s note: Given the increased volume of content and heightened interest in Hudson scholarship over the past five months, we’ve used this WFH opportunity to revamp our Hudson in the News bi-weekly newsletter. Meet ou…
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August 1, 2020 at 11:01 AM

Weekend Reads: Australia's Sea Change on China

No images? Click here U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (L) greets Linda Reynolds, the Minister of Defense of Australia, after she arrived at the Pentagon for an Honor Cordon, in Washington, D.C. on July 27, 2020. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty …
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July 25, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: How Renewables Harm the Middle Class

No images? Click here Solar installers install solar panels on the roof of a home in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The aspirations of middle class life seem increasingly out of reach for many Americans, with the runaway costs …
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July 22, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Hudson in the News: Chinese and Russian Hackers Hunt for a COVID-19 Vaccine

A coronavirus antibody test is performed on blood samples. (Photo via Getty Images)   Chinese and Russian Hackers Hunt for a COVID-19 Vaccine As countries around the world race to develop a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine, recent report…
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July 18, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: Iran and Venezuela: A Tale of Two Pariahs

No images? Click here Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reviews an honor guard as he is welcomed by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran on January 10, 2015. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) The U.S. seizure of Iranian gasoline on tankers en r…
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July 11, 2020 at 11:01 AM

Weekend Reads: FBI Director at Hudson: A New China Espionage Case Every 10 Hours

No images? Click here FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks with Walter Russell Mead at Hudson Institute. (James O'Gara) Over the last decade, China's economic espionage campaign against the United States has accelerated dramatically. With the FBI opening…
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July 8, 2020 at 12:01 PM

Hudson in the News: Scrapping Huawei and Combating China’s Economic Espionage

A customer shops for products in a Huawei store in Spain. (Photo via Getty Images)  Scrapping Huawei and Combating China’s Economic Espionage Around the world, countries are responding to China’s whole-of-government approach to econom…
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July 4, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: Happy Birthday, America 💥

No images? Click here The Annual 4th of July Fireworks show at North Lake, Michigan. (Kathy Dorsey/Getty Images) Not long after the delegates of the Continental Congress voted for their independence in 1776, John Adams wrote a letter to his wife predicti…
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June 27, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: Investing in Taiwan to Weaken China's Supply Chains

No images? Click here General view of the Taipei 101 during sunset on January 7, 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan.  (Alexander Koerner/Getty Images) As the economic impact of COVID-19 is felt across the world, countries including the U.S., U.K., Canada, Japan, Sou…
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June 24, 2020 at 12:01 PM

Hudson in the News: India-China Clash Echoes Around the World

An Indian military convoy drives on a road near the India-China border in Gagangir, India. (Photo via Getty Images) India-China Clash Echoes Around the World Six months of increasing tensions between India and China reached a seminal moment l…
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June 20, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: China's New Move in the Himalayas

No images? Click here Family members salute to pay respect to Naib Subedar Mandeep Singh, one of the Indian Army personnel killed in the clash with Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley. (Bharat Bhushan/Hindustan Times) Details are still emerging abou…
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June 13, 2020 at 11:00 AM

Weekend Reads: South Asia on the Brink

No images? Click here A medical volunteer wearing a protective mask and face shield during India's extended lock down on May 6, 2020 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images) South Asia has become the latest pandemic hot spot as coronaviru…