Thank you John Walters Peter Rough for hosting us 🇨🇿🇺🇸

The PRC is fueling the fentanyl crisis by:
- Offering rebates to incentivize the export of fentanyl analogs & precursors
- Providing grants to companies engaged in narcotic manufacturing & drug trafficking
- Owning stakes in certain Chinese companies exporting fentanyl products

Senior Fellow Dr. Can Kasapoglu underscores to Joby Warrick that any Iran-Israel engagement will take place in Iranian airspace, where Tehran will hold the advantage of playing at home.

Learn more in The Washington Post.👇

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala stressed that no one can fill the role the US plays in Europe and across the globe.

Catch his full address➡️ hudson.org/events/prime-m…

🚨 FINALLY, after more than 480 days of delay and dithering (costing Ukrainian lives), Congress is about to vote on another aid package for Ukraine.

Expect a lot of disinformation about US aid to Ukraine in the coming days.

🧵Here is a thread with the facts👇🏻

Norway's government recently presented a new defense plan, which if adopted, doubles the country's defense budget in just over a decade.

Daniel Kochis explains that the turnaround in defense investment by NATO countries is a success story: thehill.com/opinion/459104…

Druhý den návštěvy USA zahájil premiér Petr Fiala vystoupením v Hudson Institute. Ve svém projevu hovořil zejména o transatlantických vztazích, také česko-americkém spojenectví, ale také o válce na Ukrajině a o české muniční iniciativě.

„Smyslem je najít munici na světových…

'The future of the West is the future of the whole world. Let's find ways to defend our values today in the face of today's dangers.'

Watch Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala's address on the future of the transatlantic alliance: hudson.org/events/prime-m…

'For the Czech Republic and its historical experience, the main danger is the aggressive policy of the Russian regime.'

— Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala

'We are now sustaining a casualty rate from drug overdoses that exceeds the death toll we suffered in waging a world war.'

Watch Bill Barr's full testimony before the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party: youtube.com/watch?v=bkzJ0n…

Europe and America are the two main faces of the West. They must work with each other.

Without the Transatlantic Alliance, the chances will be low for people in need. But also for us, for the whole free world.

Europe without America is in danger. And America is weaker without…

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala gives a major policy address on the future of the transatlantic alliance during these turbulent times. 🇺🇸🇨🇿

Watch live: hudson.org/events/prime-m…

Since assuming office in 2021, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has placed transatlantic cooperation at the heart of the Czech Republic's foreign policy.

We are delighted to welcome him for a major policy address on the future of the transatlantic alliance: hudson.org/events/prime-m…

#Ukraine have sunk or damaged some one-third of the Black Sea Fleet & forced Moscow to move naval assets away from Crimea.

Luke Coffey explores how to build on this momentum with Matt Boyse, George Scutaru, Antonia Colibasanu, and Mykhailo Samus: hudson.org/events/battle-…

“The CCP are not just bystanders. They are prime movers.

They are knee-deep in actively sponsoring, encouraging and facilitating the production and export of fentanyl and fentanyl precursors for distribution in the US.”— Former AG Bill Barr

We are excited to announce that we are partnering with Atlantic Council, CNAS, the German Marshall Fund, GLOBSEC and Hudson Institute to host the 2024 NATO Public Forum taking place in Washington D.C.

Stay tuned and save the date for July 10-11!

#StrongerTogether #WeAreNATO

'Without #China 's production and export of fentanyl and fentanyl precursors, there would be no fentanyl crisis in the United States.'

Bill Barr examines the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party's findings on the #CCP 's role in fueling the fentanyl epidemic in America: youtube.com/watch?v=bkzJ0n…

The Cold War might be over, but there is plenty to keep NATO busy ahead of the alliance’s seventy-fifth anniversary summit, writes Luke Coffey.
hudson.org/security-allia…

'I think it is a euphemism to describe the distribution of fentanyl as drug trafficking. It's outright murder. It's like shooting into a crowd randomly.'

— My colleague Bill Barr before the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party

Even with #Israel 's high interception rates, drone and missile warfare operations favor the offensive party.

Unless Tehan faces an offensive deterrent, Dr. Can Kasapoglu explains, it will have more freedom to employ its disruptive military capabilities.

Read: hudson.org/defense-strate…