Join Hudson Institute for a discussion on political repression in Venezuela, what the latest developments mean for the democratic opposition’s strategy, and the ramifications for the United States’ policy. Hudson Adjunct Fellow Daniel Batlle will moderate a discussion with former Acting Assistant Administrator for Latin America at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) José R. Cárdenas, TVV Network Journalist Carla Angola, and Venezuelan pro-democracy activist Jesús Armas Nuevo.

Join Hudson for a book talk with Dr. Stoker and Hudson’s Dr. Jonathan Ward on how America can learn from this history to meet the challenges ahead.

Representative Andy Kim (D-NJ) will join Hudson Japan Chair Kenneth Weinstein to discuss how the United States can build on multilateral economic and security initiatives among allies like Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific.

This threat environment is teaching American defense planners and policymakers hard lessons about the need to adapt and change the way the United States budgets, tests, acquires, and deploys new and existing weapon systems. Join Hudson for two panels that will discuss these lessons and why Washington urgently needs to apply them. 

Join Hudson for a workshop with congressional, government, and industry officials to discuss the future of the American hypersonic missile program. The Space Foundation’s Major General Heather Pringle, United States Air Force (ret.), will introduce a keynote address from Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO). Then expert panels will discuss the future of hypersonic missile offense and defense and how members of Congress can build a bipartisan consensus about the vital US hypersonic missile program.

Join renowned philosopher and author Bernard-Henri Lévy for a conversation with Hudson Senior Fellow Liel Leibovitz on how the attack of October 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza are likely to shape geopolitics for decades to come.

For a discussion of the report and how the US can respond to these threats, join Commissioners Eric Edelman and Mariah Sixkiller and Hudson’s Rebeccah Heinrichs for this live event.

An expert discussion about a recent Ukrainian law that seeks to thwart the Kremlin-backed Russian Orthodox Church’s influence.

To discuss how to strengthen economic security and sanctions enforcement in Europe, Laura Kovesi, the EU public prosecutor, Martin Vladimirov, director of the Energy and Climate Program at the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) in Sofia, and Isaac Levi, Europe-Russia policy and energy analysis team lead at the Finland-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) will meet for a Hudson panel.

Hudson’s China Center, with representatives from the Taiwan United Nations Alliance and the Washington Times, will explore Taiwan’s role on the international stage and discuss how to combat the PRC’s efforts and enhance United States–Taiwan military and diplomatic cooperation.

Please join Deputy Secretary of State and former Ambassador to India Richard R. Verma and Hudson’s Dr. Aparna Pande for a conversation on the progress the US and India have made and the major lines of effort ahead.

To give an update on joint efforts to catalog Russian war crimes and to bring war criminals to justice, Matviichuk will join Senior Fellow Matt Boyse for a live conversation.