Caption
Projectile cartridge cases are heated in the heat treat shop as a part of the production process at Scranton Army Ammunition Plant on December 8, 2023. (DVIDS)
Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Friday, April 30. Register for the event "here":https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-event-a-conversation-with-australi… via the register button.
Join Hudson Institute’s Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead and Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos, Australia’s Ambassador to the United States, for a discussion on U.S.-Australia relations and key foreign policy challenges.
How can the free world work together to confront threats ranging from the fallout from COVID-19 to coercion that undermines Indo Pacific security and prosperity and the open rules-based order? Ambassador Sinodinos and Walter Russell Mead will discuss U.S.-Australian cooperation on these and other issues at the next installment of Hudson’s Ambassadors Series.
Related Events
19
February 2026
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
The Economic Case for the US-Israel Partnership with Minister of Economic Affairs Noach Hacker
Featured Speaker:
Noach Hacker
Moderator:
Michael Doran
20
February 2026
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Toward a Stronger US-Taiwan Partnership: Unpacking the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade
Featured Speakers:
Rupert Hammond-Chambers
Bonnie Glaser
Moderator:
Riley Walters
20
February 2026
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Toward a Stronger US-Taiwan Partnership: Unpacking the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade
Join Hudson for an expert panel on why these deals are so important for both nations, what they mean for the future of US supply chains, and what potential challenges remain for implementing these deals.
Featured Speakers:
Rupert Hammond-Chambers
Bonnie Glaser
Moderator:
Riley Walters
20
February 2026
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
The Road to Lasting Peace: US Leadership in the South Caucasus
Featured Speakers:
Sonata Coulter
Efgan Nifti
Luke Coffey
Andrew D’Anieri
Moderator:
Michael Doran
20
February 2026
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
The Road to Lasting Peace: US Leadership in the South Caucasus
Join Hudson for a conversation with officials who have been at the center of these efforts, expert financiers, and leading regional analysts on what the deal achieved, what comes next, and why sustained US engagement in the South Caucasus matters.
Featured Speakers:
Sonata Coulter
Efgan Nifti
Luke Coffey
Andrew D’Anieri
Moderator:
Michael Doran
25
February 2026
Virtual Event | Online Only
Nigeria: Country of Particular Concern or Counterterrorism Partner?
Featured Speakers:
Kabir Adamu
Yusuf Anka
Cheta Nwanze
Michael Walsh
Moderator:
James Barnett
25
February 2026
Virtual Event | Online Only
Nigeria: Country of Particular Concern or Counterterrorism Partner?
Will this security cooperation be the new normal for US-Nigeria relations, or will Trump escalate his diplomatic and economic pressure?
Featured Speakers:
Kabir Adamu
Yusuf Anka
Cheta Nwanze
Michael Walsh
Moderator:
James Barnett
Related Research
Caption
Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the opening of a study session at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee National Academy of Governance on January 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
Caption
Soldiers assemble a Ukrainian GARA drone before a combat mission in the Pokrovsky direction, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on January 23, 2026. (Getty Images)
Caption
An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on January 28, 2026. (US Navy)
