December 2021

Past Event

Virtual Event | Pushing Back Against Authoritarianism

Past Event

Online Only

December 09, 2021

December 2021

Past Event

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

Speakers:

Garry Kasparov

Founder, Renew Democracy Initiative

Uriel Epshtein

Executive Director, Renew Democracy Initiative

Nury Turkel

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EST, Thursday, December 9. Register for the event here

The autocratic regimes in Russia and China are weakening democratic norms and abusing human rights around the world. Such behavior increasingly knows no borders, and the Chinese Communist Party has sought to undermine democracy globally and export its authoritarian model to vulnerable countries worldwide.

What should the U.S. and its democratic partners do to counter the export of authoritarianism and strengthen democratic resilience? And how ideological is the threat that these two countries pose? Join us as Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Nury Turkel sits down with former world chess champion, human rights activist, and founder of the Renew Democracy Initiative (RDI) Garry Kasparov, and RDI Executive Director Uriel Epshtein to discuss this pressing issue.

October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Mecca Pact vs. IMEC: Competing Visions for the New Middle East

Featured Speakers:

Michael Doran

Chaim Martin

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş

Soner Cagaptay

Ken Moriyasu

October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Mecca Pact vs. IMEC: Competing Visions for the New Middle East

Join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Ken Moriyasu for a panel with Chaim Martin, Israel’s minister of economic affairs to the United States; Aslı Aydıntaşbaş of the Brookings Institution; Soner Cagaptay of the Washington Institute; and Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East Michael Doran as they examine the logic behind each framework and what their rivalry means for US policy.

Featured Speakers:

Michael Doran

Chaim Martin

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş

Soner Cagaptay

Ken Moriyasu

Learn More

October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Chemistry of Combat: Rebuilding America’s Energetics Base

Featured Speakers:

Madeline Hart

Chris Michienzi

Michael Brown

Sean Hunt

Marcus Jones

Alex Woods

Nadia Schadlow

Kristy Klein

October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Chemistry of Combat: Rebuilding America’s Energetics Base

Join Hudson Institute for a discussion of how the US can build a more resilient and flexible energetics base—one that can meet sustained demand while accelerating the development and fielding of new capabilities.

Featured Speakers:

Madeline Hart

Chris Michienzi

Michael Brown

Sean Hunt

Marcus Jones

Alex Woods

Nadia Schadlow

Kristy Klein

Learn More

October 2026

Past Event

The Annual Czech and Slovak Freedom Lecture

Featured Speakers:

Karel Řehka

Daniel Kochis

Luke Coffey

October 2026

Past Event

The Annual Czech and Slovak Freedom Lecture

Hudson welcomes Karel Řehka, former chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, to discuss the changing security environment in Europe and its implications for the Czech Republic, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the transatlantic alliance.