Hudson Institute Events Podcast
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Hudson Institute Events Podcast
Founded in 1961 by strategist Herman Kahn, Hudson Institute challenges conventional thinking and helps manage strategic transitions through interdisciplinary studies in defense, international relations, economics, energy, technology, culture, and law. Hudson seeks to guide policymakers and global l...
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Crowding in Capital: Modernizing the Department of War’s Financial Arsenal
In an increasingly dangerous geopolitical environment, a bipartisan consensus has emerged that the United States needs to reindustrialize. This is a w...
The View from Riga with Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže
Since joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alongside Lithuania and Estonia over 20 years ago, Latvia has been a key part of the alliance’s B...
Authoritarians in the Academy: How Adversaries Infiltrate Higher Education to Threaten Free Speech and National Security
Institutions of higher education in the United States have long benefitted from free and open collaboration with overseas partners. But foreign advers...
Moldova’s Euro-Atlantic Path: Regional Security, Energy Opportunity, and Democratic Resilience
Russia’s war against Ukraine and Moscow’s constant meddling in Moldova’s internal affairs have only galvanized the Moldovan people’s commitment to a E...
The Next Chokepoint: China’s Leverage Over US Pharmaceutical Inputs
China’s tightening grip over critical mineral supply chains has long posed strategic risks to the United States. But Beijing’s expanding control over...
Israel and the Global Strategic Environment: A Conversation with Caroline Glick
Hudson Institute’s Michael Doran will have a discussion with Caroline Glick, international affairs advisor to the prime minister of Israel, about Isra...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp Receives Hudson Institute’s 2025 Herman Kahn Award
Palantir Cofounder and CEO Dr. Alex Karp and Hudson Trustee Shyam Sankar, Palantir’s chief technology officer, deliver remarks at Hudson Institute’s 2...
Rogue Galleries: Tackling Illicit Finance in US Art Markets
Art can be valuable, highly portable, and difficult to trace—making it an ideal vehicle for concealing illicit wealth. The United States hosts the wor...
The Fourth Intelligence Revolution: Anthony Vinci on AI, Geopolitics, and the Future of Espionage
The creation of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in World War II, the professionalization of American intelligence during the Cold War, and the...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp Receives Hudson Institute’s 2025 Herman Kahn Award
Palantir Cofounder and CEO Dr. Alex Karp and Hudson Trustee Shyam Sankar, Palantir’s chief technology officer, deliver remarks at Hudson Institute’s 2...
China Insider | Jensen Huang in Beijing, PLA Navy's CNS Fujian, Taiwan VP Hsiao Bi-khim at IPAC
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu covers NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's recent trip to Beijing amidst the US government investigation into...
The Future of US–Central Asia Relations
The historic C5+1 summit in Washington—at which President Donald Trump will host the heads of state from the five nations of Central Asia (Kazakhstan,...
The Limits of Autonomy: How Beijing Exploits Hong Kong’s Special Status
In 2019, the Chinese Communist Party cracked down on political freedom in Hong Kong and violated the special region’s autonomy. The Trump administrati...
Investing in the US-Japan Alliance: Issues and Solutions for the $550 Billion Investment Fund
On September 4, the United States and Japan outlined the structure of the $550 billion US-Japan investment fund, and gave further insight into how Was...
Congressman Rich McCormick on Securing American AI Leadership
America’s AI Action Plan, which the White House released this July, presents a comprehensive vision for American dominance in the global artificial in...
How Long Can Russia’s Weakening Economy Support Putin’s War on Ukraine?
In 2025 signs of weakness in the Russian economy are increasingly visible: high inflation, growing financial stresses, gasoline and food shortages, ra...
Africa’s Role in Addressing America’s Critical Minerals Refining Vulnerability
Refining capacity is the greatest vulnerability in the United States’ critical minerals supply chain. After a decades-long campaign to price out compe...
Prioritizing the Release of Chinese Christian Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri
On October 10, Chinese Communist Party authorities handcuffed and detained the lead pastor of Zion Church, Ezra Jin Mingri, beginning China’s largest...
The US in the South Caucasus: Mapping New Strategic Opportunities
Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East will host a conference, featuring a keynote address by Senator Steve Daines (R-MT)...
Stability, Security, and Prosperity in Southeastern Europe: A Priority for the Transatlantic Community
Southeastern Europe presents many opportunities to the transatlantic community, yet the region still poses numerous challenges. Adversaries have taken...
Vanguard of Manufacturing: Fortifying US National Security
Hudson Institute’s Nadia Schadlow will host a conference on the future of America’s industrial base. The event will bring together representatives fro...
CCP Committee Chairman John Moolenaar on the State of US-China Relations
The China threat has become increasingly acute during President Donald Trump’s second term. While the White House and Congress navigate economic, secu...
The Deepening Russia-China Partnership
The “no limits” partnership between China and Russia appears to be deepening. China’s provision of weapons components has served as a lifeline for the...
The View from Bucharest with Foreign Minister Oana-Silvia Țoiu
Both Washington and Bucharest underwent leadership changes in 2025. Less than four months after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Romanian...
Relearning Great Power Diplomacy: A Conversation with Wess Mitchell
After the Cold War, Western leaders embraced the illusion that globalization and the spread of democracy would lead to the outbreak of peace around th...
Understanding China’s Political and Institutional Foundations: A Conversation with Chenggang Xu
To face the China challenge, the United States needs a better understanding of the Chinese Communist Party’s origins. How has the CCP maintained legit...
Sustaining the Nuclear Peace
This February, the United States Institute of Peace Senior Study Group on Strategic Stability released its 2025 report, Sustaining the Nuclear Peace.<...
The Politics of Purges: How Hu Yaobang’s Story Explains China’s Power Struggles
The Chinese Communist Party is an opaque authoritarian regime that many observers mistake as monolithic. But behind the image of strongman leadership...
North American Energy Dominance and the G7 Summit
Over the past decade, the United States and Canada have emerged as the world’s leading producers of oil, natural gas, uranium, and other critical ener...
Chokeholds and Choices: Securing Supply Chains in the US-China Rivalry
The world’s two largest economies remain deeply interdependent even as they race toward greater self-sufficiency. Recently, the United States and Chin...
Peace Through Strength: A New Strategic Review for a New Nuclear Age
China is undertaking an unprecedented strategic nuclear breakout and refuses to engage in productive discussions about its nuclear intentions. Meanwhi...
Venezuela: Can US Pressure Break Maduro’s Grip?
The Trump administration has taken unprecedented measures to increase the pressure on Venezuela’s repressive Maduro regime, which illegitimately maint...
Africa in the Dark: The Cost of Misguided International Energy Policies
After decades of growth, global electricity access has hit a downturn in recent years, especially in Africa. Roughly half the population of sub-Sahara...
Motwani Jadeja US-India Dialogue Series: US-India Relations and the Defense COMPACT
In February 2025, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Donald Trump announced the US-India COMPACT (Catalyzing Opportunitie...
Industry, Security, and Community: Senator David McCormick on the Nippon Steel–U.S. Steel Deal
In May, Nippon Steel finalized the terms of its historic $26 billion partnership with United States Steel. Nippon Steel agreed to make invaluable inve...
Hybrid Warfare and CCP Infiltration: A Shared Challenge for US-Taiwan Security Cooperation
China’s sophisticated hybrid warfare is a key aspect of its campaign to undermine Taiwan’s resilience and discourage American involvement in the islan...
Southeast Europe’s Growing Role in European Energy Security
Southeast Europe, where Russia and Communist China have long sought to strengthen their foothold and expand their malign influence on the Continent, i...
Freeing China’s Political Prisoners
Given the scope and scale of the political prisoner crisis across China, the United States needs to do more to secure political prisoners’ release. Th...
The Digital Front Line: Building a Cyber-Resilient Taiwan
Taiwan sits at the intersection of geopolitics and global supply chains, and its democracy, technological prowess, and strategic location make it both...
The Sudan Conflict: Causes, Ripple Effects, and Current Trajectory
The two-year-old conflict in Sudan is disrupting one of Africa’s most important regions, threatening a major maritime shipping route, advancing Americ...