The China Challenge | The Future Of The World Order

August 2020

Past Event

The China Challenge | The Future Of The World Order

Past Event

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

August 28, 2020

August 2020

Past Event

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

Click here for the event summary and key remarks from the China Challenge Discussion Series.

Hosted by Pranay Kotasthane, head of research at the Takshashila Institution, with panelists Ambassador Nirupama Menon Rao, former Indian foreign secretary, and Ambassador Husain Haqqani, director for South and Central Asia at Hudson Institute and former Pakistani ambassador to the United States.

How will the rise of an assertive China change the world order? Will the United States and China seek a G2? Or are they destined to clash? What does all this mean for India’s quest for a multipolar world order and its desire for robust multilateral Institutions?

May 2026

Past Event

The Triumph of Economic Freedom: A Conversation with Phil Gramm

Featured Speaker:

Senator Phil Gramm

Moderator:

John P. Walters

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May 2026

Past Event

The Triumph of Economic Freedom: A Conversation with Phil Gramm

Senator Gramm will discuss the book’s findings, how economic freedom drives human flourishing, and why conventional wisdom about capitalism deserves a second look.

Featured Speaker:

Senator Phil Gramm

Moderator:

John P. Walters

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May 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

A Conversation with Former METI Minister Nishimura on Prime Minister Takaichi's Policy Outlook and Solutions

Featured Speakers:

Yasutoshi Nishimura

Kenneth R. Weinstein

May 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

A Conversation with Former METI Minister Nishimura on Prime Minister Takaichi's Policy Outlook and Solutions

On May 6, Hudson Japan Chair Kenneth R. Weinstein will welcome Yasutoshi Nishimura, former head of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to Hudson.

Featured Speakers:

Yasutoshi Nishimura

Kenneth R. Weinstein

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May 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China

Featured Speakers:

Eyck Freymann

Jason Hsu

May 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China

With Jason Hsu, Freymann will discuss how the United States and its partners can adapt to China’s evolving strategy and develop a coherent plan to prevent conflict while safeguarding Taiwan’s future.

Featured Speakers:

Eyck Freymann

Jason Hsu

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May 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

China’s Persecution: Assault on All Faiths

Featured Speakers:

Sam Brownback

Hon. Frank Wolf

Michael Arkush

Mihrigul Tursun

Arjia Rinpoche

Frances Hui

Wang Chunyan

Pastor Pan Yongguang

Peter Xu

Enes Freedom

Pastor Corey Jackson

Grace Jin Drexel

Moderator:

Nina Shea

This picture taken on July 19, 2023 shows a view of a watchtower of an alleged detention facility in Artux in Kizilsu Prefecture in China's northwestern Xinjiang region. Since 2017, more than a million Uyghurs and other Muslims have been swept into internment camps where human rights abuses are commonplace, researchers, campaigners and members of the diaspora say. Beijing says the facilities were voluntary centres for teaching vocational skills, closed years ago after their inhabitants "graduated" into stab

May 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

China’s Persecution: Assault on All Faiths

To address these concerns, former senator Sam Brownback, who served as ambassador at large for international religious freedom in the first Trump administration, will join Senior Fellow Nina Shea to propose new policies for the US government and actions for the American public.