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. Foreign investment, Belt and Road, and expensive development projects are tools China used for its advancement, all under the guise of mutual gain. In the Australian Financial Review, Hudson Scholar John Lee highlights the CCP's race to decouple from competitors on China's terms in order to grow Beijing's political power.

Reducing Russia-NATO Tensions

Unplanned military encounters are volatile situations, and they can escalate quickly. The risk of danger is especially high for encounters between powerful nations. In the new report "Reducing Russia-NATO Tensions: Codes for Unplanned Encounters at Sea," Hudson’s Liselotte Odgaard explains how NATO and Russia can implement procedures to decrease tension during encounters at sea and reduce the likelihood of military escalation. 

China's Rise Aided by US Policy

COVID-19 has demonstrated how poorly the Western political establishment has interpreted Chinese intentions, notes Hudson's Seth Cropsey in The Hill. A division between political signaling and strategic action has defined America’s policy mistakes toward China, along with a blindness to Beijing’s “whole of government” approach toward geopolitical rivals.

Home Sales Set Records

Despite an uncertain economy and anxiety about the coronavirus this fall, one bright spot has emerged in 2020: The U.S. housing market is rebounding. In The Hill, John Weicher explains how the current conditions have yielded increasing median home prices and a growing percentage of minority home ownership.

China and Russia Drive Europe and US Together

Despite initial fears that a Trump presidency might create a gulf between Europe and the United States, the transatlantic relationship remains strong. The poisoning of Alexei Navalny, a prominent opponent of Vladimir Putin, has further pitted Europeans against Russia. Meanwhile, fallout from the coronavirus and the CCP's human rights abuses make many hesitant to partner with China. In the Wall Street Journal, Walter Russell Mead explains how China and Russia are unintentionally strengthening the transatlantic relationship through their malign actions.

BEFORE YOU GO...

• Today, the relationship between the United States and Japan is critical to global security and stability. On the 75th anniversary of V-J Day, Arthur Herman reflects in National Review on the end of conflict in the Pacific during World War II and the strategic relationship the two countries now share.