In a discussion that Hudson Institute senior fellow Arthur Herman described as “particularly chilling,” experts with Hudson’s Hamilton Commission on Securing America’s National Security Innovation Base spoke Oct. 14 on the threat of Chinese economic coercion to the supply chains for defense-critical advanced batteries. One of three talks at Hudson’s “Powering Innovation: Advanced Batteries and Critical Supply Chains,” the discussion brought together Hudson senior fellow Nadia Schadlow, who served as U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy under President Trump; Hudson senior fellow John Lee, who served as senior national security advisor to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop; Pavneet Singh, a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution who served on the National Security Council and the National Economic Council under President Obama; and Anthony Vinci, an adjunct fellow with the Center for a New American Security who served as Chief Technology Officer for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency under President Trump. …