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U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
Frank R. Wolf was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia for 34 years.
President and CEO, Religion News Foundation
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom
Nina Shea is a senior fellow and director of the Center for Religious Freedom at Hudson Institute.
Vice Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom
Paul Marshall is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom. He is also the Wilson Distinguished Professor of Religious Freedom at the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University, and the author of more than 20 books on religion and politics.
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World
Hillel Fradkin is a senior fellow and director of the Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World at Hudson Institute.
Elizabeth Prodromou serves as Vice Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
Co-author, 20th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act: A Retrospective
Co-Author, 20th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act: A Retrospective
President, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice
On December 10, Hudson Institute's Working Group on Christians and Religious Pluralism in the Middle East hosted a discussion on the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA). Two decades after its passage, IRFA and the concerns of the broad, faith-based mobilization behind it are no less salient. Keynote remarks were provided by former U.S. Representative and primary sponsor of the IRFA, Frank Wolf, and U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Samuel Brownback. Keynote remarks were followed by two panels of experts, including current and former members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, who discussed IRFA and current religious persecution challenges in the Middle East. Also, at this event, 21 Wilberforce’s new publication, 20th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act: A Retrospective, was released.
In 1998, IRFA formalized religious freedom as a major tenet of American foreign policy for the first time in U.S. history. Two decades later, the persecution of faith in China, Iraq, Syria, and other countries remains a critical issue being addressed by IRFA, government agencies and a broad coalition of faith-based organizations. This statute institutionalized religious freedom as a pillar of U.S. foreign policy. The speakers will address how this is making a difference in addressing challenges today.
An update on the war in Ukraine with Žygimantas Pavilionis, Radoslaw Fogiel, and Oleksandr Merezhko, chairs of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committees of Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine, respectively.
Join Hudson Institute and International Republican Institute experts in welcoming award-winning Angolan investigative journalist Rafael Marques as he presents new information about the malign influence of Chinese aid.
Hudson Distinguished Fellow and former US Attorney General Bill Barr and Hudson Media Fellow Jeremy Hunt discuss how policymakers can restore the rule of law to America's southern border.
Hudson Institute will host Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Dr. Ely Rattner and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Lindsey W. Ford for a conversation on the Department of Defense’s vision for building a more resilient security architecture in Southeast Asia.