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How 5G Can Help Defend Taiwan

A Marine launches an RQ-20 PUMA. (US Marine Corps photo by Manuel Serrano)

In Breaking Defense [[link removed]], Hudson Senior Fellows Bryan Clark [[link removed]] and Dan Patt [[link removed]] explain that “to better deter China in the near-term, the US military should take a page from Ukraine’s playbook” by using commercially available technology. In particular, the Pentagon can exploit off-the-shelf 5G hardware and software.

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Podcast: Apple in China, Zero-COVID, and the Politics of Death in the PRC

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In the second episode [[link removed]] of China Insider, Senior Fellow and China Center Director Miles Yu [[link removed]] and Media Fellow Wilson Shirley [[link removed]] discuss mass surveillance, protests at Apple’s facilities, the end of Zero-COVID, and the politics of death in communist regimes.

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Taiwan Policy in the New Congress with Rep. Don Bacon

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Congressman Don Bacon of Nebraska and Japan Chair Deputy Director Riley Walters [[link removed]] discuss how the new US Congress can fight back against China’s efforts to isolate and intimidate Taiwan in this live event [[link removed]] airing today at 3:00 p.m.

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Will Belarusian Troops Join Russia in the Campaign against Ukraine?

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"Something is clearly brewing in Belarus," writes Senior Fellow Luke Coffey [[link removed]] in Arab News [[link removed]]. Whether more airstrikes or a renewed assault on Kyiv occurs next, policymakers cannot forget about Ukraine's northern border.

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It’s Time to Prepare for Ukrainian Peace

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While Russia’s aggression cannot go unpunished, the total dismemberment of the Russian state would unleash a nightmare scenario. In the Wall Street Journal [[link removed]], Hudson Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead [[link removed]] explains why policymakers need to think about what kind of peace they want.

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BEFORE YOU GO...

Only a strong America that refuses to bend the knee will succeed in defending the freedom and liberty of its citizens and allies against China’s accelerating military and economic coercion, writes Hudson Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs [[link removed]] in the Washington Examiner [[link removed]].

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