Arsenal of Democracy

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18: Freely Elected Taiwan Is Critical for Technological Arsenals Jan 31, 2024

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Hudson Senior Fellow Riley Walters joins Marshall Kosloff to recap the recent elections in Taiwan, which saw new coalitions forming inside the strategic island nation. Additionally, they discuss why Taiwan is, and will be, at the center of global technological supply chains for a long time thanks to its leadership in chip and superconductor development.

17: We Needs Stingers. And We Need AI. How Do We Do Both? (feat. Joe Laurienti of Ursa Major) Dec 20, 2023

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The U.S. defense industry has found itself straddling the line of simultaneous developments challenges. On one hand the innovation is lurching forward with technology like AI and hypersonics leading a new weapons revolution, while on the other hand we need a defense industry capable of supplying enough 1980s Stinger Missiles to support allies fighting right now. Host Marshall Kosloff is joined by Ursa Major CEO, Joe Laurienti, to discuss what the modern day Arsenal of Democracy needs to be success now, and in the coming conflicts.

16: Where Tech Meets Defense Meets The Industrial Base (feat. Nadia Schadlow) Dec 13, 2023

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The Arsenal of Democracy team was invited last week to the Tenth Annual Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California, to record conversations reckoning with the intersection of technology, innovation, and defense. Hudson Senior Fellow Nadia Schadlow joined Marshall Kosloff in person to discuss why accountability and follow-through are necessary to procuring and acting on technology that protects and advances America's interests.

15: The Chinese Economy Is Weaker than You Think (feat. Tom Duesterberg) Dec 06, 2023

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There have always been skeptics of China's continued rise, and yet the Chinese Communist Party-led economy stills carries on. However, in a new report titled, "China’s Economic Weakness and Challenge to the Bretton Woods System: How Should the US Respond?" Hudson Senior Fellow Tom Duesterberg explains why the Chinese economy is now, more than ever, standing on fragile foundations and could be headed for a downturn.

14: How to Ban TikTok and Crush the CCP's Technological Onslaught (feat. Jacob Helberg) Nov 29, 2023

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China is bankrolling its own “Arsenal of Autocracy” through forces like Russia and North Korea. At the same time, the conversation around TikTok and its roll in undermining American culture and unity is coming to a head. Jacob Helberg, a commissioner at the United States–China Economic and Security Review Commission, joins the show to review the full spectrum of actions the US can take to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s autocracy and nefarious tech ambitions.

13: The U.S. Is Underperforming in Global Shipping, and It’s Dangerous (feat. Michael Roberts) Nov 15, 2023

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Senior Fellow Michael Roberts joins the show to reveal exactly how far ahead China is of the rest of the world when it comes to shipping and why its a national security threat flying under the radar. The U.S. is falling behind and increasingly reliant on Chinese-connected supply chains that could be weaponized against us at a moment's notice if China had the desire. Roberts lays out how we got here, and walks through his recent report paving a way forward for the U.S. shipping industry.

12. Why Japan Is Arguably Our Most Important Ally. Period. (feat. Ken Weinstein) Nov 08, 2023

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Hudson Institute Japan Chair Kenneth Weinstein joins the show to discuss why Japan is the United States’ key ally in Asia. Ken reviews Japan's political history, influential leaders, and regional realities to explain why the island nation is primed to step up to face the China challenge and to fulfill the vision first articulated by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

11. Communist China Is the Most Dangerous Threat of our Generation (feat. Miles Yu) Nov 01, 2023

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Miles Yu, Senior Fellow and host of Hudson's China Insider podcast, joins Marshall Kosloff to pull back the curtain on the Chinese Communist Party's authoritative system of governance, and its undeniable aims at global dominance.

Check out the China Insider podcast: https://www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/welcome-china-insider

10. Can the US Lead an "Arsenal of Democracies" to Meet the China Threat? (feat. Arthur Herman) Oct 25, 2023

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Arthur Herman, Hudson Institute senior fellow and author of Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, joins the show to compare the Arsenal of Democracy of World War II to what is needed today. Herman argues that to counter China, Russia, and other autocracies, the United States needs to lead an "Arsenal of Democracies," working with our allies, and we need to start now.

9. Israel at War (feat. Mike Doran) Oct 18, 2023

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Michael Doran, Hudson Institute senior fellow and co-host of the Counterbalance podcast, joins the show following Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel to discuss what we can expect in a war between Israel and Hamas and the forces behind this conflict: Iran, Russia and China, working together to sow chaos globally and directly challenge the US and its allies.

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