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The Shutdown Won’t Stop Growth
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Charles de Gaulle Saw Brexit Coming
He said UK membership would weaken the EU and divide Britain...
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Criminal Justice Reform and the First Step Act’s Recidivism Reduction Provisions: Preliminary Issues for Policymakers
Propelled by years of public commentary and concern about the size of the federal prison population—which has receded from its peak of over 219,000 ...
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Will President Trump’s New Plans for Missile Defense Spark an Arms Race?
Rebeccah Heinrichs joins the PBS NewsHour to discuss President Trump's call to rapidly expand U.S. missile defense systems....
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The Telecom Wars Put Huawei In The Hot Seat
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Schellenberg Death Sentence: Canadian's Verdict Will Backfire on Beijing
The ruling will stiffen the unity and resolve of those voicing deep concerns with Chinese actions...
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Will the U.S. Liberate German and Japanese Savers This Year?
German and Japanese savers both labor under the 2 percent inflation target...
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The Bulwark
Why America Should Worry About China’s Dark Side of the Moon Shot
China just landed a spacecraft on the dark side of the moon and a lunar collision of power with America is coming....
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Foreign Policy
Give Peace With North Korea a Chance, but Remember Plan B
Diplomacy is working—for now....
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Trump’s Mideast Strategy
Like Obama, he wants the U.S. to step back. Unlike Obama, he wants to contain Iran....
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Fox News
Many Media Sources Report That a Border Wall Won't Stop Drugs From Coming Into the Country: Is That True?
John Walters, former drug czar under President George W. Bush, weighs in on whether a border wall would be effective in stopping drug trafficking. if...
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Jews, Christians, and Religious Persecution
The fact that so much of the world remains unaware of the evictions and thievery perpetrated against hundreds of thousands of Jews never ceases to ama...
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The Wall Will Discourage People With Drugs From Entering the United States
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The Hill
Japan Must Be a Top Trade Priority
The U.S. and Japan are poised to strike a deal crucial to meeting the Chinese mercantilist challenge...
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The New Criterion
Deil Care, It’s All True
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro Is 2018’s Biggest Winner
Also: Italy’s Salvini, Turkey’s Erdogan, Syria’s Assad, and Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed....
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What the U.S. Can Learn from China
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Mosaic
The Strategy Washington Is Pursuing in the Middle East Is the Only Strategy Worth Pursuing
America needs to back up its allies and isolate its adversaries. Everything else is secondary....
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How America’s Scornful Elites Helped One Of The Worst Media Liars Ever
How did Claas Relotius deceive an army of professional journalists for years and trigger the biggest journalism scandal in decades?...
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Caravandalism
The disgraceful immigration confrontation before the election and what it revealed about our national unseriousness...
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2018’s Biggest Loser Was the Liberal International Order
The runners-up are China, the U.K., France’s Macron and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed....
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Mises Institute
The Depression of 2019-2021?
The profound question is the nature of the economic slowdown now occurring globally...
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The Print
For Pakistan, 2018 Was Just Another Year of the Generals
Pakistan ends 2018 with a sharply devalued rupee, greater dependence on foreign largesse, lower credit rating, and even less democracy than before. T...
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Fox Business
China’s Industrial Profits Drop for the First Time Since December 2015
Michael Pillsbury discusses how China’s industrial profits dropped for the first time since December 2015 and how the White House is considering a b...
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The Hill
China is infiltrating US space industry with investments
Recent actions by China illuminate growing concerns regarding their influence in the technology industry and the national security implications for US...
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DOJ Charges Two Chinese Nationals With an 'Extensive' Hacking Campaign
Michael Pillsbury joins Tucker Carlson Tonight to discuss Chinese hackers targeting the U.S. government and 45 tech companies for over a decade. ifra...
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Newsweek
Trump's Syria Exit Is a Pyrrhic Victory
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The U.S. Military’s Crisis of Imagination
Dominance has tended to make strategists and citizens complacent...
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The Twilight of Human-Rights Diplomacy
The sunny idealism of 2011 couldn’t survive the cold realities of geopolitics...
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European Court of Human Rights Verdict Will Exacerbate Religious Conflict
Despite its reputation as one of the world’s most secular countries, Sweden’s 2018 election saw heated debates over religious issues. Behind these...
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The Weekly Standard and Me
RIP to a magazine—and the notion that people could be persuaded by ideas...
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Paris Braces for More Riots
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The American Interest
The Wireless Great Power Rivalry
The Huawei arrest shows that the Trump Administration’s wheels are turning toward full-blown competition with China....
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Inside Trump's Ongoing Trade War With China
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President Trump Signs the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018
Legislation to help those devastated in the Middle East...
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Macron's National Address Aims to Calm Fury of Yellow Vest Protests
Macron is facing his greatest test to date....
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Huawei Executive Arrest Complicates U.S.-China Relationship
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The American Interest
Journalism Dies in Darkness
U.S. media is often clueless about foreign-language journalism funded by its own government. That is a topic worth shining some light on....
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Forbes
Huawei's (And China's) Dangerous High-Tech Game
The arrest of Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver Airport on December 1, sent shock waves through the global high-tech community as well as in wo...
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Voters Rebel in Europe’s Big Three
Western political systems are under strain despite good economic times....
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The Sunday Guardian
Kartarpur corridor will not help resolve India-Pak tensions
Pakistan’s role in supporting terrorists operating in India cannot be ignored....
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China May Act on Trade Deal at End of the 90th Day
Michael Pillsbury says China has a history of committing to a deal at the very last hour of a negotiation. iframe#1...
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Macron’s Moment of Reckoning
Protests are part of France’s DNA. These are different....
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What The U.S. Hopes To Get From Trade Talks With China
Michael Pillsbury joins NPR to discuss telecom giant Huawei and U.S.-China trade....
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U.S. Military Carries Out Flight Over Ukraine in Response to Russian Attack
Rebeccah Heinrichs joins Fox Business to discuss the message behind the U.S. military carrying out an "extraordinary" flight over Ukraine....
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Dow Drops After Arrest of Top Huawei Executive Arrested
Michael Pillsbury joined CBS Evening News to discuss the arrest of a top Huawei executive. iframe#1...
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How Will Arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou Affect U.S.-China Relations?
Michael Pillsbury joined Fox News to discuss. ifram...
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The Jerusalem Post
Egypt's Silent Epidemic of Kidnapped Christian Girls
Egypt’s Christian community faces dangers that most other Egyptians needn’t fear. Threats of violence during church services, attacks on buses fil...
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North Korea Continues Base Construction
Rebeccah Heinrichs on North Korea's secret long-range missile base in the mountains...
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Foreign Policy
Afghanistan’s Taliban Is in It to Win It
The United States should remember Islamist militants are playing the long game....
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Remembering President George H.W. Bush
Hudson Institute joins the nation and the world in mourning the passing of a great statesman and patriot...
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Ambassador Nikki Haley Receives Hudson Institute's 2018 Global Leadership Award
__Remarks As Prepared for Delivery at Hudson Institute, December 3, 2018__ Thank you Paul. I meet lots of people who are dedicated to the advancemen...
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Vive le Nationalisme!
Macron’s ambitious agenda clashes with Germany’s pursuit of its own self-interest....
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Texas National Security Review
The Conservative Realism of the Trump Administration’s Foreign Policy
How to relate interests, values, and costs in American foreign policy...
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Hudson Institute
Senator Rob Portman on U.S. Trade Policy
America needs new markets for its exports and to enforce vigorously its trade remedy laws...
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Hudson Institute
The Security and Resilience of the DOD’s Cloud-based Architecture
JEDI has been making significant strides in shaping its path toward the adoption of a cloud-based IT architecture...
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The American Interest
China’s Trojan Ports
Beijing’s systematic acquisition of European ports is an important component of an ambitious and insidious strategy...
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Forbes
The Coming U.S.-China Showdown On The Future Of Wireless
An epic battle is brewing over the future of wireless technology, and the future of 5G technology. On one side is China, which is stopping at nothing...
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Wall Street Journal
The Deal America and China Need
It is in both countries’ interests to back away from the brink. Can Trump offer Xi a way to save face?...
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How American Fracking Changes the World
Low energy prices enhance U.S. power at the expense of Moscow and Tehran....
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National Catholic Register
The Vatican’s Agreement With China Looks Even Worse Now
The provisional agreement, now two months old, is being used to suppress the faithful...
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Mises Wire
How a Fragile Euro May Not Survive the Next Crisis
A big U.S. monetary inflation bang brought the euro into existence. Here’s a prediction: It’s death will occur in response to a different type of ...
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The Sunday Guardian
Relations Between the U.S., Japan, and Australia Present a Dilemma for India
India and Japan can offset the Chinese military's numerical advantage...
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The Weekly Standard
Big Tech Is in Big Trouble
The FAANGs (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Alphabet) have real problems....
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The New York Times
Trump Is Crude. But He’s Right About Saudi Arabia.
On the strategic questions that matter in the Middle East, the president is cleareyed...
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BreakPoint
Thanksgiving at the Heart of the American Experience
What does the Thanksgiving holiday say about the American character? As Christianity retreats in the public square, are we in danger of losing an auth...
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President Trump says Saudi Arabia decision is about "America First"
Rebeccah Heinrichs joins The Ingraham Angle to discuss President Trump's response to Saudi Arabia. iframe#1...
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Lincoln and Thanksgiving: The Origin of an American Holiday
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Khashoggi evidence points to Saudi crown prince, and the U.S. faces a dilemma
Michael Doran on how the U.S. will respond to new evidence that suggests Saudi Arabia’s crown prince orchestrated the killing of Jamal Khashoggi...
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The Three Stages of Trump’s Foreign Policy
Now it’s time for leadership, strategy, and results...
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The Claremont Review of Books
Ancestry.Com(ics)
It’s just another TV ad, but it speaks volumes. Titled “Anthem,” the latest commercial from Ancestry.com offers a video montage of an African wo...
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‘Bringing Down the Colonel’ Review: The Mistress Wanted Marriage
A powerful older man, a young woman, a sex scandal—and a lawsuit against a U.S. congressman for reneging on his promise....
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China Hoped for a Soft Power Win at APEC, Instead Xi Jinping Left Dissatisfied
The U.S. and its allies pushed back in a concerted way...
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National Review Online
The Lessons of the Asia Bibi Case
Pakistan has released the purported blasphemer against Islam. Now what nation will have the courage to grant her asylum?...
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The Print
China Wants Imran Khan’s Pakistan to be Dependable Before Being Dependent
China shows Imran Khan that Pakistan’s "locational narcissism" isn’t enough....
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Strategika, Hoover Institution
Seeking Stability in the Structure of Power
The global strategic landscape is moving away from the primacy that America achieved over the last century...
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The Vagaries of World Power
Power goes to those who can adapt quickly and get things done...
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Forbes
A Divided America Finds Common Ground on Defense Technology
The recent midterm elections have exposed a political landscape that’s more divided than ever, with a Republican Senate pitted against a Democrat Ho...
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Politico Europe
Trump is Getting the European Army He Wanted
U.S. president pushed NATO allies to get serious on defense. Now they’re listening....
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The Jerusalem Post
Blasphemy Laws, Death Threats – And A Pakistani Woman’s Ruined Life
The case of Asia Bibi has proved that Pakistan’s government is intimidated by its own draconian legislation....
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Wall Street Journal
Macron’s Faux Pas on Nationalism
Western Europe mistakes its lessons from World War I for universal truths....
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The Hill
Pence’s Meeting with Japan and India Crucial to Countering China
China cannot match American power if the U.S. partners with strategic allies...
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Bloomberg
Trump to Get His Way on Oil Prices
Saudi Arabia's weak geopolitical position means it needs U.S. backing...
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Serious Issues in China’s Economy?
Michael Pillsbury discusses U.S. trade tensions with China and the state of China’s economy. iframe#1...
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Microsoft EU Policy Blog
Why We Must Fight for the Future of Digital Peace
We live in an increasingly interconnected and globalized world. With unlimited digital information and services at our fingertips and transformations ...
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Politico
China’s Black Box Superiority
The Chinese approach to AI has implications for Chinese society that could herald a new age...
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Herb London, 1939–2018
Longtime Hudson Institute president, trustee and fellow, passed away on Saturday...
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The Danger of Rushing Into Peace
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the guns were stilled in what was then the bloodiest war in history. A century later it’...
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The Hill
Sad Lessons of WWI a Sober Warning for U.S. vs. China
One hundred years ago today, the guns of Flanders Fields fell silent. Although the messy business of peace remained, the Tommies, Doughboys, Jerries a...
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The Weekly Standard
How Trump Can Compromise with the Democratic House
If the president wants to do deals with the Democrats, he probably can....
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CNN
Australia's Plan to Challenge China in the South Pacific
Australians are becoming increasingly concerned with the significant Chinese presence in the South Pacific...
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European Council on Foreign Relations
Will U.S. Foreign Policy Change?
Michael Doran on how the U.S. will respond to new evidence that suggests Saudi Arabia’s crown prince orchestrated the killing of Jamal Khashoggi...
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First Things
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, a surge of patriotism ran through me. I was, however, a junior professor teaching at Princeton University. Nat...
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Mosaic
Middle Eastern Christians Are Under Threat. How do They Feel about Jews and Israel?
The rise of Islamism has led some to see Israel as the proverbial enemy of their enemy....
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Forced Out
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Politics Is Not Just Rhetoric
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