Learning to Win: Using Operational Innovation to Regain the Advantage at Sea against China

September 2022

Past Event

Learning to Win: Using Operational Innovation to Regain the Advantage at Sea against China

Past Event

Online Only

September 22, 2022

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush operates with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Ionian Sea on August 27, 2022. (US Navy photo/Seaman Samuel Wagner)

September 2022

Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:

Dmitry Filipoff

Director of Online Content, the Center for International Maritime Security

Michael A. Hunzeker

Associate Professor, George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government

The US Navy has long been the world’s largest and most capable military fleet. However, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy recently overtook the US Navy in size and, with the PLA’s missile and air forces, threatens the US and its allies across the western Pacific. Against a large and sophisticated opponent like China, the US Navy cannot simply grow or adopt new technologies to regain its advantage. US sailors will need to innovate operationally or risk losing their next conflict.

Please join Hudson Senior Fellow Bryan Clark, author and ICF Vice President Trent Hone, Dmitry Filipoff of the Center for Maritime Security, and Michael Hunzeker, author and associate professor at George Mason University, for a discussion about the importance of operational innovation and the Hudson Institute’s new report, “Learning to Win.”

July 2025

Virtual Event | Online Only

Strategic Realignments: The Middle East After the Israel-Iran Conflict

Featured Speakers:

Dan Diker

David Wurmser

Michael Doran

Moderator:

Zineb Riboua

July 2025

Virtual Event | Online Only

Strategic Realignments: The Middle East After the Israel-Iran Conflict

Experts will examine how Israel’s decision to act independently has impacted its relationship with the United States, what the war’s outcome signals for Iran’s regional ambitions, and how key players like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Syria are recalibrating in its aftermath.

Featured Speakers:

Dan Diker

David Wurmser

Michael Doran

Moderator:

Zineb Riboua

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July 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Postponed | Bridging the Valley of Death: Using Experimentation to Solve Operational Problems

Featured Speakers:

Joy Shanaberger

Dan Ermer

Capt. Raymond G. Stromberger

Gary Western

David Schmolke

Yi Chao

Rick Berger

Gina Pizziconi

Alex Lovett

Dan Edwards

Moderators:

Dan Lamothe

Bryan Clark

Dan Patt

July 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Postponed | Bridging the Valley of Death: Using Experimentation to Solve Operational Problems

Please join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Bryan Clark, US defense officials, and industry leaders for an event highlighting the DoD’s recent accomplishments in translating concept to capability through experimentation in support of the nation’s most urgent military challenges.

Featured Speakers:

Joy Shanaberger

Dan Ermer

Capt. Raymond G. Stromberger

Gary Western

David Schmolke

Yi Chao

Rick Berger

Gina Pizziconi

Alex Lovett

Dan Edwards

Moderators:

Dan Lamothe

Bryan Clark

Dan Patt

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July 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

David Petraeus on What Taiwan Can Learn from Ukraine’s Battlefield Experience

Featured Speakers:

Kenneth R. Weinstein

General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.)

Moderator:

Jason Hsu

July 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

David Petraeus on What Taiwan Can Learn from Ukraine’s Battlefield Experience

General David H. Petraeus (US Army, ret.) will join Hudson’s Jason Hsu for a conversation about what the war in Ukraine has revealed about the future of warfare—and what these lessons mean for Taiwanese security.

Featured Speakers:

Kenneth R. Weinstein

General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.)

Moderator:

Jason Hsu

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July 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Other Approaches to the US-Canada Trade Impasse

Featured Speakers:

Hon. Ed Fast

Jamie Tronnes

Moderator:

Matthew Boyse

July 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Other Approaches to the US-Canada Trade Impasse

Join Hudson Senior Fellow Matt Boyse for a discussion with former Canadian Minister for Trade and Economic Development Ed Fast, and CNAPS Executive Director Jamie Tronnes, as they explore a new path forward for US-Canada relations and what other allies can learn from the process.