In-Person Event

Nov 11, 2025

Palantir CEO Alex Karp Receives Hudson Institute’s 2025 Herman Kahn Award

New York

The Fourth Intelligence Revolution: Anthony Vinci on AI, Geopolitics, and the Future of Espionage

Anthony Vinci, Nadia Schadlow

Nov 13, 2025

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Jensen Huang in Beijing, PLA Navy’s CNS Fujian, Taiwan VP Hsiao Bi-khim at IPAC

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Colin Tessier-Kay

Research Fellow and Program Manager, China Center

Miles Yu & Colin Tessier-Kay

Podcast

President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on November 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Trump Gambles on Africa

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Nov 10, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

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Syrian President Visits the White House, and Drought Weakens Iran

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

In the Media

A Ukrainian soldier aims with a machine gun during a military training on October 21, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

Ukraine Military Situation Report | November 12

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Nov 12, 2025

Reports

4 Min Read

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EU Must Not Let Challenges Slow Its Enlargement Process

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Commentary

Fighting Antisemitism

01 False Patriots

02 The “Jews” Are a Proxy for a Far Bigger Political Fight

03 The Right’s 1939 Project

November 2025

Past Event

The Fourth Intelligence Revolution: Anthony Vinci on AI, Geopolitics, and the Future of Espionage

Featured Speakers:

Anthony Vinci

Nadia Schadlow

November 2025

Past Event

The Fourth Intelligence Revolution: Anthony Vinci on AI, Geopolitics, and the Future of Espionage

Join Hudson Senior Fellow Nadia Schadlow for a wide ranging discussion with Vinci on the book’s findings and the future of intelligence operations.

Featured Speakers:

Anthony Vinci

Nadia Schadlow

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November 2025

Virtual Event | Online Only

The Houthis: Understanding a Key Node in Iran’s Axis of Resistance

Featured Speakers:

Matan Daniel

Mohammed Albasha

Bernard Haykel

Moderator:

Joshua Meservey

November 2025

Virtual Event | Online Only

The Houthis: Understanding a Key Node in Iran’s Axis of Resistance

Senior Fellow Joshua Meservey will discuss the Houthis’ beliefs, capabilities, and influence in Africa with an expert panel convened in conjunction with the Israel-Africa Relations Institute.

Featured Speakers:

Matan Daniel

Mohammed Albasha

Bernard Haykel

Moderator:

Joshua Meservey

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November 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Rogue Galleries: Tackling Illicit Finance in US Art Markets

Featured Speakers:

Tim Carpenter

Tess Davis

Scott Greytak

Moderator:

Nate Sibley

November 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Rogue Galleries: Tackling Illicit Finance in US Art Markets

Join Hudson Institute for an expert discussion on how policymakers, law enforcement, and the art industry can safeguard art markets from exploitation by bad actors and crack down on illicit finance.

Featured Speakers:

Tim Carpenter

Tess Davis

Scott Greytak

Moderator:

Nate Sibley

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November 2025

Past Event

Investing in the US-Japan Alliance: Issues and Solutions for the $550 Billion Investment Fund

Featured Speakers:

William Chou

Reese Goldsmith

Jennifer Thomas

Quynh Tran

Teruko Wada

Eric Wilkinson

Moderator:

Kenneth R. Weinstein

November 2025

Past Event

Investing in the US-Japan Alliance: Issues and Solutions for the $550 Billion Investment Fund

To further explore the fund and its allocation, Hudson Institute’s Japan Chair will host an event featuring two panels with financial, industrial, and policy experts.

Featured Speakers:

William Chou

Reese Goldsmith

Jennifer Thomas

Quynh Tran

Teruko Wada

Eric Wilkinson

Moderator:

Kenneth R. Weinstein

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Foreign Policy

Ten Steps to Pressure Russia to Come to the Negotiating Table

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Senior Fellow

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Luke Coffey, Thomas J. Duesterberg & Can Kasapoğlu

Reports

10 Min Read

: A serviceman of the 34th Coastal Defense Brigade with the call sign ‘Shok’ holds the GOR drone, a Ukrainian reconnaissance aircraft that servicemen use to detect Russian enemy positions, at the launch point on March 14, 2025 in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. The 34th Coastal Defense Brigade was recently formed based on the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade, which has been fighting for Kherson since the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion 2022. Over the past three years, the brigade’s units have also f

A Ukrainian serviceman holds the GOR drone on March 14, 2025, in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

The Impact of Drones on the Battlefield: Lessons of the Russia-Ukraine War from a French Perspective

Tsiporah Fried

Visiting Senior Fellow

Tsiporah Fried

Nov 13, 2025

Reports

Long Read

A Ukrainian soldier aims with a machine gun during a military training on October 21, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

Ukraine Military Situation Report | November 12

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Nov 12, 2025

Reports

4 Min Read

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The Future of US–Central Asia Relations

Ambassador Magzhan Ilyassov, Ambassador (ret.) John E. Herbst, Efgan Nifti, Joel Scanlon, S. Frederick Starr, Luke Coffey

Nov 10, 2025

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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with British armed forces personnel in front of a UK Typhoon fighter jet in Ankara, Turkey, on October 27, 2025. (Getty Images)

Turkey’s Eurofighter Stopgap: The Best Available, Not the Best Possible

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Nov 10, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

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