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How to Overcome the Military Recruitment and Retention Crisis

Marines confirm their oath of enlistment. (US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Hageali)

Facing unprecedented global threats and a 15,000-soldier recruiting deficit, the US armed forces are in a crisis. Representative Mike Waltz, ranking member of the HASC Subcommittee on Readiness, joins LTG (Ret.) Thomas Spoehr, Hudson Senior Fellow Bryan Clark [[link removed]], and Media Fellow Jeremy Hunt [[link removed]] to discuss [[link removed]] the causes and potential solutions.

WATCH HERE [[link removed]] Is the JCPOA Worth Saving?

Qiam and qadr ballistic missiles in Tehran. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Does a return to the Iran nuclear deal make sense today given the depth of cooperation between Moscow and Tehran? Watch this timely discussion [[link removed]] with nonproliferation expert David Albright and Michael Doran [[link removed]], Hudson senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East.

WATCH HERE [[link removed]] New Nuclear Threats Require Homeland Civil Preparedness

Urban response drills in New York City. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)

President Biden’s “Armageddon” comments fail to consider that Moscow’s current nuclear arsenal is specifically calibrated to avoid an all-out exchange with the US and NATO. In this policy memo [[link removed]], Hudson Adjunct Fellow Tom DiNanno [[link removed]] and American Global Strategies Vice President Brian Cavanaugh explain why the US needs to prepare for the threat of modern tactical nuclear weapons.

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US Reengagement with Pakistan: Ideas for Reviving an Important Relationship

State Department officials meet with Pakistani counterparts. (Kevin Lamarque/AFP via Getty Images)

Hudson Senior Fellow and Former Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani [[link removed]] makes 14 policy recommendations for reviving America’s relationship with a once-close nuclear ally in this Hudson Institute report [[link removed]] in conjunction with the Pakistan Study Group.

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Learning from Post-Cold War Deterrence Failures

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Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has been an unmitigated disaster. In a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee [[link removed]], Hudson Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs [[link removed]] offers insight on what the US can learn from its greatest deterrence failure of the post-Cold War era.

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BEFORE YOU GO...

This event [[link removed]] featuring leading corruption experts and Georgian Parliament Member Khatia Dekanoidze, moderated by Hudson Kleptocracy Initiative Research Fellow Nate Sibley [[link removed]], explores how the malign influence of Russian oligarchs in Georgia aids Putin’s brutal war in Ukraine.

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