Countering Violent Extremism: Qatar, Iran, and the Muslim Brotherhood

October 2017

Past Event

Countering Violent Extremism: Qatar, Iran, and the Muslim Brotherhood

Past Event

Ronald Reagan Building

October 23, 2017

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October 2017

Past Event

Speakers:

Hillel Fradkin

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World

Secretary Leon E. Panetta

Chairman, The Panetta Institute for Public Policy and Former Secretary of Defense

Lally Weymouth

Senior Associate Editor, Washington Post

Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA)

Member Foreign Affairs Committee

Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX)

House Homeland Security Committee

Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA)

Member House Committee on Judiciary

Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA)

House Foreign Affairs Committee

General Charles “Chuck” Wald, US Army (Ret.)

Former Deputy Commander, US EUCOM

Ambassador Alberto Fernandez

Director of Middle East Broadcasting

Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad

Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Khalilzad Associates

Ray Takeyh

Council on Foreign Relations

William Wechsler

Middle East Institute, Former DASD SpecOps and Combating Terror

Lally Weymouth

Senior Associate Editor, Washington Post

General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.)

Former Director of the CIA

Representative Don Bacon (R-NE)

House Committee on Armed Services

Ambassador Dennis Ross

Counselor & William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute

Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR)

Committee on Armed Services and Select Committee on Intelligence

Catherine Herridge

Chief Intelligence Correspondent, Fox News

Representative Robert Pittenger (R-TX)

House Vice Chairman, House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee Vice Chairman on Terrorism and Illicit Finance

Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)

Member House Committee of Foreign Affairs

Stephen K. Bannon

Former White House Chief Strategist and Executive Chairman of Breitbart News

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Videos of individual panels and talks are below.

December 2025

Past Event

US-Taiwan AI Cooperation and Challenges

Featured Speakers:

Jeremy Chang

Ethan Tu

Jason Hsu

Moderator:

Riley Walters

December 2025

Past Event

US-Taiwan AI Cooperation and Challenges

Join Hudson for a discussion on challenges and key areas for cooperation in the global AI development competition.

Featured Speakers:

Jeremy Chang

Ethan Tu

Jason Hsu

Moderator:

Riley Walters

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December 2025

Past Event

Supreme Court Weighs Liability of ISPs for Subscribers’ Copyright Infringement

Featured Speakers:

Zvi Rosen

Ben Sheffner

Jake Tracer

Moderator:

Devlin Hartline

December 2025

Past Event

Supreme Court Weighs Liability of ISPs for Subscribers’ Copyright Infringement

Hudson Institute’s Devlin Hartline will host copyright law experts Zvi Rosen, Ben Sheffner, and Jake Tracer for a discussion on what the Supreme Court may decide and why it matters for the creative industries.

Featured Speakers:

Zvi Rosen

Ben Sheffner

Jake Tracer

Moderator:

Devlin Hartline

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December 2025

Past Event

Antisemitism as a National Security Threat

Featured Speakers:

Cole Bunzel

Sebastian Gorka

Adam Hadley

Derek Harvey

Ludovic Hood

Scott Jennings

Ambassador (ret.) Deborah E. Lipstadt, PhD

Park MacDougald

Congressman Brian Mast

Walter Russell Mead

Zineb Riboua

Judd Rosenblatt

Joel Scanlon

Michael Sobolik

Matt Spalding

John P. Walters

Moderators:

Michael Doran

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Liel Leibovitz

Aaron MacLean

December 2025

Past Event

Antisemitism as a National Security Threat

Hudson’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East will convene policymakers, experts, and private sector leaders to examine how antisemitism, both foreign and domestic, threatens American security and Western civilization.

Featured Speakers:

Cole Bunzel

Sebastian Gorka

Adam Hadley

Derek Harvey

Ludovic Hood

Scott Jennings

Ambassador (ret.) Deborah E. Lipstadt, PhD

Park MacDougald

Congressman Brian Mast

Walter Russell Mead

Zineb Riboua

Judd Rosenblatt

Joel Scanlon

Michael Sobolik

Matt Spalding

John P. Walters

Moderators:

Michael Doran

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Liel Leibovitz

Aaron MacLean

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December 2025

Past Event

Building US-Taiwan Defense Supply Chain Collaboration: Opportunities for Codevelopment and Coproduction

Featured Speakers:

Admiral Lee Hsi-Min

Betsy Shieh

Brandon Tseng

Rupert Hammond-Chambers

Moderator:

Jason Hsu

December 2025

Past Event

Building US-Taiwan Defense Supply Chain Collaboration: Opportunities for Codevelopment and Coproduction

Join Hudson for a discussion with senior defense, industry, and policy leaders on how the US and Taiwan can advance collaborative models for codevelopment, coproduction, and supply chain integration.

Featured Speakers:

Admiral Lee Hsi-Min

Betsy Shieh

Brandon Tseng

Rupert Hammond-Chambers

Moderator:

Jason Hsu

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Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

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