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18
October 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | China’s War on Religion
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Nury Turkel
Xiaoxu Sean Lin
Robert A. Destro
18
October 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | China’s War on Religion

Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Monday, October 18. Register for the event here.

Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Nury Turkel
Xiaoxu Sean Lin
Robert A. Destro
15
July 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Middle Eastern Christian Sites: Key to Religious Pluralism
Featured Speakers:
Mazen Karam
Stephen Rasche
Sara Savva
Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou
Nina Shea
15
July 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Middle Eastern Christian Sites: Key to Religious Pluralism

Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Thursday, July 15. Register for the event here or via the register button

Featured Speakers:
Mazen Karam
Stephen Rasche
Sara Savva
Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou
Nina Shea
04
May 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | The Plight of Pakistan’s Hindu Minority
Featured Speakers:
Daud Khattak
Farahnaz Ispahani
Deepali Kulkarni
Nina Shea
Aparna Pande (Moderator)
04
May 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | The Plight of Pakistan’s Hindu Minority

Join Hudson Institute’s Aparna Pande and Nina Shea and expert panelists Daud Khattak, Deepali Kulkarni, and Farahnaz Ispahani for a discussion on th

Featured Speakers:
Daud Khattak
Farahnaz Ispahani
Deepali Kulkarni
Nina Shea
Aparna Pande (Moderator)
18
December 2019
Past Event
China's Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang and the U.S. Response
Featured Speakers:
Eric Brown
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
Nury Turkel
Adrian Zenz
Ambassador Sam Brownback
Nina Shea
18
December 2019
Past Event
China's Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang and the U.S. Response

Join Hudson Institute as prominent experts on the Xinjiang crisis address these questions and consider what the U.S. and its allies can do in response

Featured Speakers:
Eric Brown
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
Nury Turkel
Adrian Zenz
Ambassador Sam Brownback
Nina Shea
04
June 2019
Past Event
Is America Experiencing Europe's Growing Anti-Semitism?
Featured Speakers:
Ken Weinstein
John McLaughlin
Mitchell D. Silber
Marc Weitzmann
Simone Rodan-Benzaquen
Nina Shea
Lee Smith
Hon. Elan S. Carr
04
June 2019
Past Event
Is America Experiencing Europe's Growing Anti-Semitism?

Experts discuss anti-semitism in the U.S.

Featured Speakers:
Ken Weinstein
John McLaughlin
Mitchell D. Silber
Marc Weitzmann
Simone Rodan-Benzaquen
Nina Shea
Lee Smith
Hon. Elan S. Carr
10
December 2018
Past Event
Needed Now More Than Ever: The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
Featured Speakers:
Samuel Brownback
Frank R. Wolf
Thomas L. Gallagher
Nina Shea
Kristina Arriaga
Paul Marshall
Hillel Fradkin
Elizabeth Prodromou
Erin Rodewald
Lou Ann Sabatier
Katrina Lantos Swett
(Photo by Ibrahim Ezzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
10
December 2018
Past Event
Needed Now More Than Ever: The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998

Experts discuss the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998

(Photo by Ibrahim Ezzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Samuel Brownback
Frank R. Wolf
Thomas L. Gallagher
Nina Shea
Kristina Arriaga
Paul Marshall
Hillel Fradkin
Elizabeth Prodromou
Erin Rodewald
Lou Ann Sabatier
Katrina Lantos Swett
11
October 2018
Past Event
China-Vatican Relations and Religious Freedom in China
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Daniel Mark
Ted Lipien
Seth Cropsey
11
October 2018
Past Event
China-Vatican Relations and Religious Freedom in China

Nina Shea, Daniel Mark, Ted Lipien, and Seth Cropsey discuss Vatican-China relations

Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Daniel Mark
Ted Lipien
Seth Cropsey
03
August 2018
Past Event
Living With Genocide: Four Years After ISIS Attacked
Featured Speakers:
The Hon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman
Kent Hill
Pari Ibrahim
Sherri Kraham Talabany
Loay Mikhael
Nina Shea
Douglas M. Padgett
The Hon. Dr. Fareed Yasseen
Ashur Eskrya
Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, which was recently liberated from ISIL militants who originally captured the city on August 2014, November 26, 2015
03
August 2018
Past Event
Living With Genocide: Four Years After ISIS Attacked

Experts discuss the 2014 Yezidi genocide.

Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, which was recently liberated from ISIL militants who originally captured the city on August 2014, November 26, 2015
Featured Speakers:
The Hon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman
Kent Hill
Pari Ibrahim
Sherri Kraham Talabany
Loay Mikhael
Nina Shea
Douglas M. Padgett
The Hon. Dr. Fareed Yasseen
Ashur Eskrya
21
June 2018
Past Event
Stabilization and Reconstruction in Syria: A Conversation with Archimandrite Alexi Chehadeh
Featured Speakers:
Archimandrite Dr. Alexi Chehadeh
Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou
Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus reflected in window broken by rebel mortar bombardment, February 8, 2018
21
June 2018
Past Event
Stabilization and Reconstruction in Syria: A Conversation with Archimandrite Alexi Chehadeh

Archimandrite Dr. Alexi Chehadeh and Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou discuss Syrian refugees and reconstruction.

Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus reflected in window broken by rebel mortar bombardment, February 8, 2018
Featured Speakers:
Archimandrite Dr. Alexi Chehadeh
Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou
26
April 2018
Past Event
Iran: As Anti-Government Protests Continue, Can the U.S. Help Maintain Momentum?
Featured Speakers:
Masih Alinejad
Mehrangiz Kar
Mariam Memarsadeghi
Nina Shea
26
April 2018
Past Event
Iran: As Anti-Government Protests Continue, Can the U.S. Help Maintain Momentum?

Masih Alinejad, Mehrangiz Kar, Mariam Memarsadeghi, and Nina Shea discuss the Iran protests.

Featured Speakers:
Masih Alinejad
Mehrangiz Kar
Mariam Memarsadeghi
Nina Shea
24
October 2017
Past Event
The Future of Orthodox Christianity in Syria and America
Featured Speakers:
Patriarch John X
Metropolitan Joseph
Samuel Tadros
The Orthodox Convent of Our Lady, Seydnaya, Syria (image credit: De Agostini/C. Sappa)
24
October 2017
Past Event
The Future of Orthodox Christianity in Syria and America

John X, Metropolitan Joseph, Samuel Tadros, and Nina Shea discuss the future of the Antiochian Church in Syria and the U.S.

The Orthodox Convent of Our Lady, Seydnaya, Syria (image credit: De Agostini/C. Sappa)
Featured Speakers:
Patriarch John X
Metropolitan Joseph
Samuel Tadros
03
April 2017
Past Event
U.S.-Egyptian Relations in the Age of ISIS
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Ambassador Alberto Fernandez
Samuel Tadros
03
April 2017
Past Event
U.S.-Egyptian Relations in the Age of ISIS

Alberto Fernandez, Nina Shea, and Samuel Tadros discuss the security, political, and religious freedom challenges facing Egypt

Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Ambassador Alberto Fernandez
Samuel Tadros