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Michael Roberts
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
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15
April 2024
Past Event
Is China the Big Winner in the Red Sea?
Featured Speakers:
Salvatore Mercogliano
Michael Roberts
Moderator:
Michael Doran
![The cargo ship Rubymar sinking after it was targeted by Yemen's Houthi forces in international waters on March 7, 2024, in the Red Sea. (Photo by Al-Joumhouriah channel via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2024-04/GettyImages-2066528585.jpg?itok=cfJlvRtv)
09
April 2024
Past Event
Restoring America’s Commercial Maritime Industrial Base
Featured Speakers:
Joe Courtney
Michael Roberts
![(Courtesy of Crowley Maritime)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2024-03/CM-Washington-Tanker-009.jpg?itok=BuYiRAUe)
13
March 2023
Past Event
Rethinking Supply Chains and Shipping to Reduce America’s Vulnerability to China
Featured Speakers:
Hon. Peter DeFazio (D-OR, ret.)
Michael Roberts
![LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 07: Shipping containers are stacked on a container ship at the Port of Los Angeles on February 7, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. The Commerce Department reported today that the U.S. posted its largest-ever trade deficit in 2022, $948.1 billion, as Americans imported large quantities of machinery, medicines and industrial items amid weakened global demand and high inflation. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-03/3.13.2023%20Roberts%20Event.jpg?itok=JXBcdiL_)
13
March 2023
Past Event
Rethinking Supply Chains and Shipping to Reduce America’s Vulnerability to China
Former Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Peter DeFazio joins Hudson Senior Fellow Michael Roberts for a conversation on shipping and international trade.
![LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 07: Shipping containers are stacked on a container ship at the Port of Los Angeles on February 7, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. The Commerce Department reported today that the U.S. posted its largest-ever trade deficit in 2022, $948.1 billion, as Americans imported large quantities of machinery, medicines and industrial items amid weakened global demand and high inflation. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-03/3.13.2023%20Roberts%20Event.jpg?h=29345568&itok=M8fcG3sh)
Featured Speakers:
Hon. Peter DeFazio (D-OR, ret.)
Michael Roberts
27
February 2023
Past Event
Where Are the Ships? Fighting a Pacific War without American Sealift
Featured Speakers:
Rear Admiral Mark Buzby
Michael Roberts
![A shipbuilder walks in the yard, with partial ship assemblies behind him, at Bath Iron Works in Bath on Wednesday, December 10, 2014. (Photo by Carl D. Walsh/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-02/02.21.2023%20Roberts%20Event.jpg?itok=sPZ68FU4)
27
February 2023
Past Event
Where Are the Ships? Fighting a Pacific War without American Sealift
Hudson hosts a conversation with RADM Mark Buzby that examines the state of the US maritime industry, its potential role in a western Pacific conflict, and options for restoring an American industry.
![A shipbuilder walks in the yard, with partial ship assemblies behind him, at Bath Iron Works in Bath on Wednesday, December 10, 2014. (Photo by Carl D. Walsh/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.21.2023%20Roberts%20Event.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=jkPKqYhM)
Featured Speakers:
Rear Admiral Mark Buzby
Michael Roberts
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![An aerial view of General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard on March 20, 2020 in San Diego, California. Deemed an essential part of the defense industrial base, NASSCO remains open despite the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-05/GettyImages-1213776711%20%281%29.jpg?h=2e7c44a8&itok=YrQ1Ruom)
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An aerial view of General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard on March 20, 2020, in San Diego, California. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
![Construction of NSMV Patriot State in Philadelphia. (Courtesy of TOTE Maritime)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-03/2-2.png?h=a1e1a043&itok=BamxINrC)
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Construction of NSMV Patriot State in Philadelphia. (Courtesy of TOTE Maritime)
![MV Isa Bella. (Courtesy of TOTE)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-12/Isla%20Bella%202.jpg?h=6b034c90&itok=64rgOmvW)
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MV Isa Bella. (Courtesy of TOTE)
![The tankers Stena Immaculate and Stena Imperative, which have been reflagged as US registered vessels with US crews. (Courtesy of Crowley Maritime)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-10/Stena%20Immaculate_Stena%20Imperative.jpg?h=818a38f0&itok=W9Zc8lip)
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The tankers Stena Immaculate and Stena Imperative, which have been reflagged as US registered vessels with US crews. (Courtesy of Crowley Maritime)
![Aerial view of Guangzhou port](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-10/10.3%20Roberts.jpg?h=f52e7eb6&itok=sbpRn5Mz)
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Aerial view of containers sitting stacked on a cargo ship berthed at Nansha Port on April 12, 2020, in Guangzhou, China. (He Weiming/VCG via Getty Images)
![Aerial view of a container ship of COSCO shipping unloading cargoes at the Port of Los Angeles on October 26, 2021 in San Pedro, California. (Photo by Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/17869/feature_shipping_crop.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=JpAcjMKo)
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Aerial view of a container ship of COSCO shipping unloading cargoes at the Port of Los Angeles on October 26, 2021 in San Pedro, California. (Photo by Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)