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18
December 2023
Past Event
Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen on the Future of US-Finland Relations
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Elina Valtonen
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Elina Valtonen on July 6, 2023. (NATO via Flickr)
18
December 2023
Past Event
Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen on the Future of US-Finland Relations
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Elina Valtonen on July 6, 2023. (NATO via Flickr)
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Elina Valtonen
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13
November 2023
Past Event
The Decisive Moment for Ukraine: A Conversation with Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
Featured Speakers:
Andriy Yermak
Peter Rough
Moderator:
Luke Coffey
On Kruty Heroes Remembrance Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored the memory of those who died in the struggle for independent Ukraine during the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921.
13
November 2023
Past Event
The Decisive Moment for Ukraine: A Conversation with Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine

Hudson’s Center on Europe and Eurasia will host Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak to discuss the state of the 2023 counteroffensive, the future of United States–Ukraine relations, and the status of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s peace formula.

On Kruty Heroes Remembrance Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored the memory of those who died in the struggle for independent Ukraine during the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921.
Featured Speakers:
Andriy Yermak
Peter Rough
Moderator:
Luke Coffey
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02
November 2023
Past Event
Preparing Now for a Post-Putin Russia
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Paul Goble
Fred Starr
Moderator:
Peter Rough
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks during his press conference at the Commonwealth of Independent States's Head of States Meeting at the Ala-Archa State Residence, on October 13, 2023 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Leaders of 8 ex-Soviet states gathered in Bishkek, formely Pishpek and Frunze, the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan, in Central Asia, for the annual Commonwealth of Indendent States (CIS)'s Summit. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
02
November 2023
Past Event
Preparing Now for a Post-Putin Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks during his press conference at the Commonwealth of Independent States's Head of States Meeting at the Ala-Archa State Residence, on October 13, 2023 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Leaders of 8 ex-Soviet states gathered in Bishkek, formely Pishpek and Frunze, the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan, in Central Asia, for the annual Commonwealth of Indendent States (CIS)'s Summit. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Paul Goble
Fred Starr
Moderator:
Peter Rough
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23
October 2023
Past Event
NATO Summit Retrospective: 100 Days after Vilnius, What’s Next?
Featured Speakers:
Žygimantas Pavilionis
Tomas Janeliūnas
Peter Rough
Luke Coffey
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23
October 2023
Past Event
NATO Summit Retrospective: 100 Days after Vilnius, What’s Next?
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Featured Speakers:
Žygimantas Pavilionis
Tomas Janeliūnas
Peter Rough
Luke Coffey
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19
October 2023
Past Event
Policy Address: Ursula von der Leyen on the US-EU Relationship
Featured Speakers:
Ursula von der Leyen
Peter Rough
John P. Walters
President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks to members of the press after a bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House on March 10, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
19
October 2023
Past Event
Policy Address: Ursula von der Leyen on the US-EU Relationship

Hudson Institute is delighted to welcome the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.

President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks to members of the press after a bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House on March 10, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Ursula von der Leyen
Peter Rough
John P. Walters
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17
October 2023
Past Event
Georgia’s Heritage of Freedom
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Giorgi Khvedeliani
Daniel Twining, PhD
Georgians attend a rally in Tbilisi on September 1, 2008, to protest Russian occupation of parts of the ex-Soviet Republic. (Irakli Gedenidze/REUTERS/AFP via Getty Images)
17
October 2023
Past Event
Georgia’s Heritage of Freedom

Hudson Institute and Gamziri will host a reception to promote Georgia’s democratic journey and its aspirations for European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization integration. 

Georgians attend a rally in Tbilisi on September 1, 2008, to protest Russian occupation of parts of the ex-Soviet Republic. (Irakli Gedenidze/REUTERS/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Giorgi Khvedeliani
Daniel Twining, PhD
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17
October 2023
Past Event
Transatlantic Ties in an Unstable World with Czech National Security Advisor Tomáš Pojar
Featured Speakers:
Tomáš Pojar
Peter Rough
US soldiers of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of the US Army arrive to Czech army barracks on May 27, 2016, in Prague, Czech Republic. (Photo by Matej Divizna/Getty Images)
17
October 2023
Past Event
Transatlantic Ties in an Unstable World with Czech National Security Advisor Tomáš Pojar

Hudson is delighted to welcome National Security Advisor of the Czech Republic and former Czech Ambassador to Israel Tomáš Pojar.

US soldiers of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of the US Army arrive to Czech army barracks on May 27, 2016, in Prague, Czech Republic. (Photo by Matej Divizna/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Tomáš Pojar
Peter Rough
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27
September 2023
Past Event
Russia’s Cuban Recruits
Featured Speakers:
Can Kasapoğlu
Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat
Erich de la Fuente
Moderator:
Daniel Batlle
The Russian Federation Navy Admiral Gorshkov frigate arrives to Havana's port on June 24, 2019. - A Russian naval detachment, led by the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, arrived in Havana on Monday in times of high tension between the island and the United States. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images)
27
September 2023
Past Event
Russia’s Cuban Recruits

The revelation that Russia has recruited hundreds of Cuban citizens to fight in Ukraine underscores the desperation of Cuban citizens and the expansion of cooperation between Cuba and Russia.

The Russian Federation Navy Admiral Gorshkov frigate arrives to Havana's port on June 24, 2019. - A Russian naval detachment, led by the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, arrived in Havana on Monday in times of high tension between the island and the United States. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Can Kasapoğlu
Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat
Erich de la Fuente
Moderator:
Daniel Batlle
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16
September 2023
Past Event
Central and Eastern Europe Strategy Summit
Featured Speakers:
Peter Rough
John P. Walters
Moderators:
Matthew Boyse
Luke Coffey
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
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16
September 2023
Past Event
Central and Eastern Europe Strategy Summit

Hudson hosts senior officials from the Bucharest Nine states of Eastern Europe as well as Ukraine and Moldova.

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Featured Speakers:
Peter Rough
John P. Walters
Moderators:
Matthew Boyse
Luke Coffey
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
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15
September 2023
Past Event
Securing Europe’s Tinderbox: Economic and Geopolitical Challenges in the Balkans
Featured Speakers:
Luminița Odobescu
Luke Coffey
Jan Ruzicka
Amb. Cameron Munter
Ekaterina Zaharieva
Jaroslav Kurfürst
Ivana Stradner
Moderators:
Matthew Boyse
Peter Rough
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15
September 2023
Past Event
Securing Europe’s Tinderbox: Economic and Geopolitical Challenges in the Balkans
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Featured Speakers:
Luminița Odobescu
Luke Coffey
Jan Ruzicka
Amb. Cameron Munter
Ekaterina Zaharieva
Jaroslav Kurfürst
Ivana Stradner
Moderators:
Matthew Boyse
Peter Rough
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10
August 2023
Past Event
Russia, China, and the Revisionist Assault on the World Order: A Book Talk with Gerlinde Groitl
Featured Speakers:
Peter Rough
Dr. Gerlinde Groitl
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10
August 2023
Past Event
Russia, China, and the Revisionist Assault on the World Order: A Book Talk with Gerlinde Groitl

Join Peter Rough, director of Hudson’s Center on Europe and Eurasia, for a book talk with Dr. Gerlinde Groitl. In her latest book, Russia, China and the Revisionist Assault on the Western Liberal International Order, Groitl assesses the revisionist powers’ assault on the American-led order and proposes a new strategy to contain Russian and Chinese revisionism and preserve prosperity. 

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Featured Speakers:
Peter Rough
Dr. Gerlinde Groitl
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26
June 2023
Past Event
Mutiny in Russia: Assessing the Implications of Prigozhin’s March on Moscow
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Can Kasapoğlu
Luke Coffey
Moderator:
Peter Rough
Members of Wagner patrol in an area near a tank outside a circus building in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023. (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)
26
June 2023
Past Event
Mutiny in Russia: Assessing the Implications of Prigozhin’s March on Moscow

Hudson experts sort through what Yevgeny Prigozhin's short-lived mutiny means and what policymakers should focus on next.

Members of Wagner patrol in an area near a tank outside a circus building in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023. (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Can Kasapoğlu
Luke Coffey
Moderator:
Peter Rough
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