NATO Public Forum 2025

Hudson is an institutional partner of the 2025 NATO Public Forum.

A NATO flag seen during the NATO Dragon 24 military exercise on March 4, 2024, in Korzeniewo, Poland. (Getty Images)

NATO Summit 2025: An Assessment of Transatlantic Security Cooperation

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Jun 18, 2025

Testimony

12 Min Read

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth greets Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Christopher Cavoli before the North Atlantic Council meeting of defense ministers on February 13, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)

Why America Should Keep the NATO Command Chair

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Commentary

The NATO flag is seen at the NATO headquarters building on April 4, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)

The Strategic Value of Deepening NATO-MENA Ties

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

May 24, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

NATO Sweden Finland Air Force Fighter Jet Baltics Gotland

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A Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen E jet fighter flies over Gotland in the Baltic Sea on May 11, 2022. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

NATO Needs a New Strategy for the Baltic Sea

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Reports

President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron on February 24, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Could This Be Great? Trump as Opportunity

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

May 8, 2025

Commentary

13 Min Read

This photograph shows a Dassault Rafale aircraft parked on the tarmac of the French Air and Space Force (Armee de l'air et de l'espace) Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase in Saint-Sauveur, north-eastern France on March 18, 2025, ahead of the visit of France's President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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This photograph shows a Dassault Rafale aircraft parked on the tarmac of the French Air and Space Force Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase in Saint-Sauveur, France, on March 18, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)

European Strategic Autonomy Is an Illusion

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Peter Rough & Can Kasapoğlu

Commentary

Hudson at the 2024 Public Forum

The Connection between the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic

Hudson Japan Chair Ken Weinstein sat down with a South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to talk about why the war in Ukraine matters to Indo-Pacific and global security.

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Senator Roger Wicker on Twenty-First Century Peace through Strength

Hudson President and CEO John P. Walters sat down with Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) to discuss burden-sharing, US defense spending, and the way ahead for the alliance.

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Hudson President and CEO John Walters and Senator Roger Wicker at the NATO Public Forum on July 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Madeline Yarbrough)

NATO’s Policy toward Russia

A Hudson panel at the 2024 NATO Public Forum discussed these topics and more with four distinguished defense ministers.

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The Military Scene-Setter

Hudson Senior Fellow Peter Rough joined Supreme Allied Commander Europe Christopher G. Cavoli to discuss the future of defense in Europe at the 2024 NATO Public Forum.

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