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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
Managing Editor
Mark Melton is managing editor at Hudson Institute.
Mark Melton is managing editor at Hudson Institute. Previously, he was managing editor of Providence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy. He earned an MLitt in international relations from the University of St. Andrews and a BA in foreign language and international trade from Mississippi College.