Virtual Event | Exploiting a Hidden Window of Opportunity to Deter a Conflict over Taiwan

October 2022

Past Event

Virtual Event | Exploiting a Hidden Window of Opportunity to Deter a Conflict over Taiwan

Past Event

Online Only

October 13, 2022

Military helicopters carrying Taiwanese flags conduct a flyby rehearsal amid escalating tensions between Taipei and Beijing, in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 7, 2021. (Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

October 2022

Past Event

Speakers:

Michael Brown

Visiting Scholar, Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and Former Director, Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit

Michele Flournoy

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors

While the 2018 National Defense Strategy and the updated 2022 National Defense Strategy emphasize the urgent need to deter a conflict in the Pacific, most plans involve shoring up military capacity immediately or waiting for new, modernized weapons.

Between these ideas lies a window of opportunity for deterrence in the medium term: developing, deploying, and using technology and novel operational concepts to give would-be invaders pause. In a recent article in Foreign Affairs, Michele Flournoy and Michael Brown make the case that a fast-follower strategy could exploit this medium-term opportunity. In particular, by focusing less on carefully vetted but slow-to-develop requirements and instead focusing more on emergent technical opportunities and experimentation, the military may be able to augment its existing capabilities.

Please join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Daniel Patt for a discussion on these concepts.

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.