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05/26/2026
Last week, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers sat down with Zineb Riboua to explain how the Trump administration is working to promote free speech and combat misinformation around the world.
Senator Eric Schmitt delivered opening remarks and introduced Under Secretary Rogers.
Watch their full conversation at Hudson.org.
China’s methods of economic coercion have evolved. Beijing now uses a wedge strategy to isolate American allies like Japan.
The US should treat China’s economic coercion like a supply and demand problem, William Chou explains.
The Chinese economy is not making money. The only way it can survive is by selling to western markets, especially the United States.
Thomas Duesterberg explains the root causes of Beijing’s economic failures and what Xi Jinping hopes to gain from the summit.
Xi is attempting to create a new world order, one with autocratic spheres of influence.
US allies like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan would fall under China’s sphere of influence—Trump cannot allow Beijing to create a new foothold in the global order, Ken Moriyasu explains.
05/14/2026
Taiwan is often described as one more negotiable item in a crowded US-China agenda.
That is a mistake.
The island is the factory floor for US leadership in AI, and Taiwan’s autonomy is indispensable to US interests, Alexander Benard and David Feith argue.
05/13/2026
Xi will enter this week’s summit bolstered by a media narrative of impregnable Chinese economic strength and chokeholds over Washington.
In reality, President Trump holds cards that could seriously undermine Xi’s economic and political plans, Thomas Duesterberg argues in .
In October 2025, the Chinese Communist Party arrested Pastor Ezra Jin during its largest crackdown on Christians since the Cultural Revolution.
Pastor Jin’s daughter and son-in-law, and Bill Drexel, sat down with to tell his story.
05/07/2026
For years, India’s opposition believed India’s overwhelming diversity is ultimately incompatible with Modi’s rule, and it will naturally backfire.
Instead, Modi’s party captured a massive win. The opposition should learn from its latest loss, Bill Drexel writes in .
05/06/2026
Hudson was honored to host four Japanese Diet members from the ruling coalition for a conversation on various issues including US-Japan relations, economic security, and regional security issues.
05/04/2026
Russia’s ambitions are dying in Africa.
That collapse threatens the region but also offers Washington an opportunity to reassert control.
Zineb Riboua’s latest in