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18
April 2024
Past Event
Central & Eastern Europe Strategy Summit 2024
Featured Speakers:
Valdis Dombrovskis
Dan Quayle
Kamil Šaško
Jan Růžička
Marcin Piatkowski
Michael Harms
Tomáš Pojar,
Jean P. Froehly
Tyson Barker
Marek Mora
Vassil Terziev
Dragos Stefan Roibu
Tibor Tóth
Joel Scanlon
Moderators:
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Luke Coffey
Peter Rough
Jamie Fly
Matthew Boyse
Daniel Kochis
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18
April 2024
Past Event
Central & Eastern Europe Strategy Summit 2024
![(Central & Eastern Europe Strategy Summit logo)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-04/Add%20a%20heading%20%284%29.png?h=6a60610c&itok=uB0twv2w)
Featured Speakers:
Valdis Dombrovskis
Dan Quayle
Kamil Šaško
Jan Růžička
Marcin Piatkowski
Michael Harms
Tomáš Pojar,
Jean P. Froehly
Tyson Barker
Marek Mora
Vassil Terziev
Dragos Stefan Roibu
Tibor Tóth
Joel Scanlon
Moderators:
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Luke Coffey
Peter Rough
Jamie Fly
Matthew Boyse
Daniel Kochis
16
April 2024
Past Event
Prime Minister Petr Fiala on Transatlantic Relations, the War in Ukraine, and the US-Czech Alliance
Featured Speakers:
Petr Fiala
John P. Walters
![Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala on March 8, 2022, in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2024-04/GettyImages-1239026114.jpg?itok=hKzuyaNs)
16
April 2024
Past Event
Prime Minister Petr Fiala on Transatlantic Relations, the War in Ukraine, and the US-Czech Alliance
Join Hudson to hear Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s understanding of the current moment and a Czech prescription for transatlantic relations in turbulent times.
![Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala on March 8, 2022, in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-04/GettyImages-1239026114.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=gEQUGReg)
Featured Speakers:
Petr Fiala
John P. Walters
16
April 2024
Past Event
The Battle for the Black Sea Is Not Over
Featured Speakers:
Matthew Boyse
George Scutaru
Antonia Colibasanu
Moderator:
Luke Coffey
![People walk past a poster depicting Russian warships sunk by Ukrainian attacks in the Black Sea on March 16, 2024, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Oleksii Chumachenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2024-04/GettyImages-2093939410.jpg?itok=__h5z_qV)
15
April 2024
Past Event
The Struggle for Freedom in Belarus with Andrei Sannikov
Featured Speakers:
Andrei Sannikov
Peter Rough
Tod Lindberg
![Belarusian presidential candidates Andrei Sannikov speaks to journalists after voting in Minsk, Belarus, on December 19, 2010. (Photo by Maksim Malinouski/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2024-03/GettyImages-2003718048.jpg?itok=6Nr5C8B8)
15
April 2024
Past Event
The Struggle for Freedom in Belarus with Andrei Sannikov
Belarusian opposition leader Andrei Sannikov will offer remarks on Belarus’s strategic importance, Russia’s regional ambitions, and prospects for political change in Minsk.
![Belarusian presidential candidates Andrei Sannikov speaks to journalists after voting in Minsk, Belarus, on December 19, 2010. (Photo by Maksim Malinouski/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-03/GettyImages-2003718048.jpg?h=c5f3fdf7&itok=gJduRyXO)
Featured Speakers:
Andrei Sannikov
Peter Rough
Tod Lindberg
25
March 2024
Past Event
Enhancing Northern European Security
Featured Speakers:
Dame Karen Pierce
Peter Rough
Luke Coffey
Andrew Michta
Moderator:
Jeremy Hunt
![The first ever Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing (SRVL) has been carried out with an F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter jet conducting trials onboard the new British aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth. (Courtesy photo by Royal Navy)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2024-03/4818372.jpg?itok=rxmFsIw1)
25
March 2024
Past Event
Enhancing Northern European Security
Join Hudson for an event that will examine the new policy memo “Geopolitical Changes in Northern Europe Require a Fresh Approach to the Region.”
![The first ever Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing (SRVL) has been carried out with an F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter jet conducting trials onboard the new British aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth. (Courtesy photo by Royal Navy)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-03/4818372.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=pXwFK8TK)
Featured Speakers:
Dame Karen Pierce
Peter Rough
Luke Coffey
Andrew Michta
Moderator:
Jeremy Hunt
25
March 2024
Past Event
The Baltic View of European Security
Featured Speakers:
Gabrielius Landsbergis
Krišjānis Kariņš
Margus Tsahkna
Moderator:
Peter Rough
![Fighter jets execute a flyover dedicated to the nineteenth anniversary of Lithuania's accession to NATO on March 29, 2023, in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2024-03/GettyImages-1249911676.jpg?itok=_VgPHHxG)
12
March 2024
Past Event
A Baltic View of European Security with Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds
Featured Speakers:
Andris Spruds
Matthew Boyse
![Latvian soldiers march during a military parade on Armed Forces Day 2023 in Vilnius. (Photo by Yauhen Yerchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2024-03/GettyImages-1802702589.jpg?itok=OzZIuXAt)
28
February 2024
Past Event
Taking Stock of Ukraine in 2024
Featured Speakers:
Lieutenant General Karel Řehka
Lieutenant General Leonard Kosinski
Jan Jireš
Oksana Markarova
Mark Newton
Maria Tomak
Luke Coffey
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Rustem Umerov
Moderators:
Peter Rough
Jeremy Hunt
![A Ukrainian flag is hanging in the window of an apartment building that has been heavily damaged during Russia's massive rocket attack on Kyiv, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 3, 2024. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2024-02/GettyImages-1898120160.jpg?itok=t-coVeCa)
06
February 2024
Past Event
Russia’s War against Ukraine as Seen from Slovakia: A Conversation with Former Prime Minister Eduard Heger
Featured Speakers:
Matthew Boyse
Eduard Heger
![Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger speaks during an event with participant of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and foreign leaders in Ukraine on March 31, 2023. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2024-02/GettyImages-1250102004.jpg?itok=qZOEHbOn)