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Walter P. Stern Distinguished Fellow
Kenneth R. Weinstein is the Walter P. Stern distinguished fellow at Hudson Institute.
President, Freedom House
Senior Fellow (Non-Resident)
Jonas Parello-Plesner is a non-resident senior fellow at Hudson Institute. He is an expert on US, European and Chinese foreign policy.
Senior Research Analyst, East Asia, Freedom House
Researcher, Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America’s Advisory Council
Director, Alliance for Securing Democracy and Senior Fellow, German Marshall Fund
Vice Chair, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Adjunct Professor, School of Information, University of California, Berkeley
Producer, NTD Television and Senior Editor, The Epoch Times
Research Fellow, China Studies, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and Contributing Editor, War on the Rocks
Executive Editor, Radio Free Asia
Columnist, Global Opinions, Washington Post and Political Analyst, CNN
Policy Director, National Association of Scholars
Visiting Scholar, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University
Former Security Reporter, The Daily Beast
Professor Emeritus, East Asian Studies, Princeton University
Senior Fellow, Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society
Former Senior Fellow and Director for Chinese Strategy
Michael Pillsbury was senior fellow and director for Chinese strategy at Hudson Institute.
The Hudson Institute and Freedom House's Mark Palmer Forum for the Advancement of Democracy held a conference on China’s global challenge to democratic freedom. Three panel discussions brought together experts and activists to share cutting edge research, analyze recent trends, and consider potential responses.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under General Secretary Xi Jinping has put enormous financial and political resources into expanding its influence abroad. Xi has elevated the importance of United Front activities, which rely on co-opting the Chinese diaspora and building relationships with Western enablers.
In democracies, CCP influence operations target politicians, business people, academia, the media, and the Chinese diaspora. CCP and Chinese government funding has also intruded into the realm of ideas, influencing think tanks, academia, newspapers, and other media outlets. The CCP, by changing how democracies speak and think about China, is attempting to make “the world safe” for its ongoing efforts to deepen its authoritarianism at home and extend its influence internationally.
The Mark Palmer Forum for the Advancement of Democracy honors the legacy of Ambassador Mark Palmer, long-time Freedom House trustee and vice chairman. The Palmer Forum includes an annual conference with leading policymakers and experts, and programs by human rights defenders and leading digital activists, exploring ways to improve global prospects for strengthening human rights and democracy.
Please join Hudson Senior Fellow and Director of the Keystone Defense Initiative Rebeccah Heinrichs for a conversation with Senators Risch and Wicker on US support for Ukraine’s defense on Wednesday, March 29, at 4:00 p.m. A reception will follow.
Please join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Israel's Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Ofir Akunis and Executive Director of the Abraham Accords Peace Institute Robert Greenway, moderated by Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East Director Michael Doran.
Please join Hudson Institute to discuss what has gone wrong with US policy toward Venezuela and how the Biden administration and 118th Congress can reinvigorate efforts to support democracy so that all Venezuelans can have a brighter future.
Join Hudson Institute for a conversation on these issues and more with Ambassador Adela Raz, former ambassador of Afghanistan to the US and visiting fellow at Hudson Institute, and Ambassador Husain Haqqani, former ambassador of Pakistan to the US and director of Hudson Institute’s South and Central Asia program.