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October 26, 2023
Israel’s Wartime Budget

FRIDAY 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine Featured Speakers: General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.) Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine FRIDAY 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Featured Speakers: General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.) In-Person Event | Hudson Institute Unraveling North

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October 26, 2023
Can China Help in the Middle East?

It is a more formidable potential adversary than Russia or Iran but shares interests with the US. Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship As Team Biden contemplates the ruins of its Middle East diplomacy and scrambles to throw more U.S. military assets into the region in the hope of deterring Iran

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October 25, 2023
Ukraine Military Situation Report | Special Edition from Ukraine

This report first appeared as a part of Hudson's Re: Ukraine newsletter series. To subscribe, click here. In this special edition of Hudson Institute’s Ukraine Military Situation Report, Senior Fellow Can Kasapoǧlu, fresh from a week in Ukraine spent conferring with government officials and private-sector experts, analyzes the dynamics of the conflict. 1. Small Unit Tactics and Ukraine’s Emerging

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October 24, 2023
How China Could Turn Crisis to Catastrophe

A war over Taiwan would devastate the economies of both Asia and the globe. Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship While the world’s eyes were fixed on the unfolding horrors of the latest Middle East war, China was busy pushing the envelope in the South China Sea. On Sunday, a Chinese coast

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October 24, 2023
Hamas’s Strategy Depends on Maximizing Palestinian Civilian Casualties

Hamas achieved a huge success on October 17, when an uncertain number of Palestinian civilians died in an explosion at Gaza’s Al-Ahli Hospital. Much of the world erupted in outrage against Israel when Hamas blamed it and said that more than 500 civilians had been killed. This was one of only two major successes for

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October 23, 2023
Target Tehran

Join Hudson Senior Fellow Jonathan Schachter for a discussion with Israel-based journalist Yonah Jeremy Bob on his new book, coauthored with Ilan Evyatar, Target Tehran.  About the Book Target Tehran describes how Israel was able to promote the normalization with Arab states like Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates by using its military might to

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October 21, 2023
Israel's Strongest Allies Just Unshackled Iran's Missile Program ...

President Joe Biden visited Israel Wednesday in a dramatic show of sympathy and solidarity with the Jewish state, following the October 7 Hamas-led terrorist assault. The day before, German Chancellor Olaf Sholz was in Tel Aviv; UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived on Thursday, and French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to follow suit before

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