Learning to Win: Using Operational Innovation to Regain the Advantage at Sea against China

September 2022

Past Event

Learning to Win: Using Operational Innovation to Regain the Advantage at Sea against China

Past Event

Online Only

September 22, 2022

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush operates with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Ionian Sea on August 27, 2022. (US Navy photo/Seaman Samuel Wagner)

September 2022

Past Event

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

Speakers:

Dmitry Filipoff

Director of Online Content, the Center for International Maritime Security

Michael A. Hunzeker

Associate Professor, George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

The US Navy has long been the world’s largest and most capable military fleet. However, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy recently overtook the US Navy in size and, with the PLA’s missile and air forces, threatens the US and its allies across the western Pacific. Against a large and sophisticated opponent like China, the US Navy cannot simply grow or adopt new technologies to regain its advantage. US sailors will need to innovate operationally or risk losing their next conflict.

Please join Hudson Senior Fellow Bryan Clark, author and ICF Vice President Trent Hone, Dmitry Filipoff of the Center for Maritime Security, and Michael Hunzeker, author and associate professor at George Mason University, for a discussion about the importance of operational innovation and the Hudson Institute’s new report, “Learning to Win.”

September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Rebuilding Venezuela: Progress and Challenges

Featured Speakers:

Gil Guerra

Rick de la Torre

Jorge Jraissati

César Dager

September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Rebuilding Venezuela: Progress and Challenges

Join Hudson Institute for a panel that will examine how far Rodríguez’s interim government can advance economic recovery without an electoral mandate or political reforms and how Washington’s approach will shape Venezuela’s path to a democratic transition.

Featured Speakers:

Gil Guerra

Rick de la Torre

Jorge Jraissati

César Dager

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September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Regional Reactions to the US-China Summit

Featured Speakers:

Takahiro Tsuchiya

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Patrick M. Cronin

William Chou

September 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Regional Reactions to the US-China Summit

Join Hudson Institute for a discussion which will examine how Japan, Europe, South Korea, and Southeast Asia view the Trump–Xi summit and how the regions will act on their priorities going forward.

Featured Speakers:

Takahiro Tsuchiya

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Patrick M. Cronin

William Chou

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October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Brazil Decides: The 2026 Election and the Future of US-Brazil Relations

Featured Speakers:

Gil Guerra

Jana Nelson

Clifford Young

October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Brazil Decides: The 2026 Election and the Future of US-Brazil Relations

Join Hudson Institute for a panel that will examine the dynamics shaping the race, how each leading candidate would govern, and what a Lula or Bolsonaro victory would mean for US-Brazil relations.

Featured Speakers:

Gil Guerra

Jana Nelson

Clifford Young

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October 2026

In-Person Event | Invite Only

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought on Revitalizing the Shipbuilding Industrial Base

Featured Speakers:

Russell Vought

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

October 2026

In-Person Event | Invite Only

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought on Revitalizing the Shipbuilding Industrial Base

Please join Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, for a conversation with Dr. Rebeccah Heinrichs to discuss the Trump administration’s decisive efforts to build the Navy needed for today’s intensifying threat environment.