The Arms Control Landscape

May 2019

Past Event

The Arms Control Landscape

Past Event

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

May 29, 2019

Russian Yars ballistic nuclear missiles on mobile launchers roll through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade rehearsals on May 6, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

May 2019

Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

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Speakers:

Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley, Jr.

Director, Defense Intelligence Agency

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Dr. James H. Anderson

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities, U.S. Department of Defense

Prepared keynote remarks from Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, Jr.

Hudson Institute hosted the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, Jr., for a discussion on Russian and Chinese nuclear weapons. Lt. Gen. Ashley provided keynote remarks and engaged in a discussion with Hudson Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs. This was followed by a panel of senior government officials who discussed the global landscape for arms control.

September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Inertial Confinement Fusion Bolsters Strategic Deterrence

Featured Speakers:

Mark Herrmann

Keith LeChien

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Madelyn Creedon

September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Inertial Confinement Fusion Bolsters Strategic Deterrence

Join Hudson Institute’s Keystone Defense Initiative for a discussion of Inertial Confinement Fusion Is Key to America’s Nuclear Deterrent, a new memo authored by Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs and Former Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration Madelyn Creedon.

Featured Speakers:

Mark Herrmann

Keith LeChien

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Madelyn Creedon

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September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Ending Self-Imposed Scarcity: Expanding Defense Production with New Technology and Techniques

Featured Speakers:

Jeff Frankston

Andy Magliochetti

Rolf Ziesing

Bryan Clark

Nadia Schadlow

Jai Malik

September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Ending Self-Imposed Scarcity: Expanding Defense Production with New Technology and Techniques

Join Hudson Institute for a discussion of how the DoW and industry are changing defense manufacturing for twenty-first century deterrence and combat.

Featured Speakers:

Jeff Frankston

Andy Magliochetti

Rolf Ziesing

Bryan Clark

Nadia Schadlow

Jai Malik

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September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

A Conversation with Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Featured Speakers:

Alain Berset

Peter Rough

September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

A Conversation with Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Please join Secretary General Alain Berset as he explains the Council of Europe’s role today and its plans for the future. After his remarks, Secretary General Berset will sit down with Senior Fellow Peter Rough for a fireside chat.

Featured Speakers:

Alain Berset

Peter Rough

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September 2026

Past Event

Tablet Magazine’s What Really Matters: A Live Episode at Hudson Institute

Featured Speakers:

Walter Russell Mead

Jeremy Stern

September 2026

Past Event

Tablet Magazine’s What Really Matters: A Live Episode at Hudson Institute

Join Hudson Institute and Tablet Magazine for an exclusive live recording of What Really Matters with Walter Russell Mead. Mead, the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship, and his cohost Jeremy Stern, editor in chief of Colossus, will bring their wide-ranging perspectives to help make sense of the news and understand the most consequential developments in American politics and world affairs.