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The US Must Break China’s Chokehold on Our Rare Earth Magnet Supply [[link removed]]

With tensions between the United States and China on the rise, Washington needs to be able to produce its most important defense capabilities without having to ask permission from Beijing, warns Nadia Schadlow [[link removed]] in The Washington Post [[link removed]].

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Trump Could Still Be Remembered as a Lasting Peacemaker [[link removed]]

If President Donald Trump wishes to achieve his campaign promise of peace in Ukraine, he needs to weaken Russian President Vladimir Putin and negotiate from a position of strength. Daniel Kochis [[link removed]] explains how in Politico [[link removed]].

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US-China Rivalry in the Middle East Conference [[link removed]]

China’s growing economic and technological entanglements are putting longstanding US alliances to the test in the Middle East. Tomorrow, Hudson will host an all-day conference [[link removed]] featuring Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and leading national security experts to discuss how the US should respond.

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The Current State of Peace Talks Between Russia and Ukraine [[link removed]]

Peter Rough [[link removed]] explained on a BBC Sounds podcast [[link removed]] that Russia is the main obstacle to peace in Ukraine—and that a Trump-Putin meeting might be the next step in negotiations.

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How the US and Japan Can Prevent War with China [[link removed]]

In his new book Preventing a US-China War, Masashi Murano [[link removed]] interviews national security experts like Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster [[link removed]] and Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby to give an inside look at the deterrence landscape in the Indo-Pacific as China prepares for war. Murano sat down with Iku Tsujihiro [[link removed]] to discuss the book’s findings.

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Before you go . . .

As the United States and China square off in the most consequential trade war in nearly a century, many critics hope Trump will stand down on his tariff plans amid rising pressure. But Beijing is more vulnerable than it appears, argues Thomas Duesterberg [[link removed]] in a New York Post [[link removed]] op-ed.

In a 2024 Hudson report [[link removed]], Duesterberg and Alexander Aibel [[link removed]] expand on this analysis, explaining that high debt, shrinking revenues, declining birthrates, falling marriage rates, and aging populations have damaged the Chinese people’s trust in their government.

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