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Hudson in 5
“The maniacal focus of my work over the last 20 years and hopefully the next 40 years is, How do we prevent World War III or win it?” Hudson Trustee Shyam Sankar told The Wall Street Journal. In First Breakfast, Sankar identifies a crucial step in restoring deterrence that Hudson has recommended and the Department of Defense recently moved to implement: eliminating the cumbersome joint requirements process.
Tomorrow, September 4 at 2:00 p.m., Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) will join Jason Hsu and other experts to discuss why cyber resilience is a vital component of deterring Chinese aggression against Taiwan. To see Hsu’s full analysis, including specific policy steps Washington and Taipei can take to improve the island’s cyber defenses, read his latest Hudson policy memo.
China is on track to rival the US as a nuclear power by the mid-2030s. Thankfully, there is little evidence that the Chinese Communist Party is preparing to win a nuclear exchange. In The Australian, John Lee and Lavina Lee draw on their recent Hudson report to explain the real purpose of this build-up: to win without fighting by convincing the United States and its allies that Chinese victory is inevitable.
As part of a series of virtual events analyzing East Africa, Joshua Meservey hosted former Sudanese Ambassador to the US Nureldin Satti and other experts. They discussed the various factions in the conflict, the roles of Iran, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States, and next steps toward ending the world’s costliest ongoing conflict.
In a Hudson policy memo, Marshall Billingslea lays out nine ways President Donald Trump can place immediate and effective sanctions on Russia if President Vladimir Putin remains intransigent in Ukraine ceasefire negotiations.
Before you go . . .
As the US works to counter China’s influence, walking away from closer ties with India could be a mistake, warn Aparna Pande and Bill Drexel. In a Hudson policy memo, they identify five key issues Washington and New Delhi need to address to get relations back on track.
