Addressing Threats to Digital Rights in Hong Kong

November 2024

Past Event

Addressing Threats to Digital Rights in Hong Kong

Past Event

Hudson Institute

November 13, 2024

An electronics shop employee in Hong Kong on October 18, 2017, looks at television sets showing a news report on China's President Xi Jinping's speech at the opening session of the Chinese Communist Party's five-yearly Congress. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)

November 2024

Past Event

Speakers:

Ambassador Derek Mitchell

Senior Advisor, Office of the President, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Anouk Wear

Research and Policy Advisor (USA), Hong Kong Watch

Yaqiu Wang

Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Freedom House

Joey Siu

Hong Kong Activist

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Hudson Institute is pleased to host the launch of Hong Kong Watch’s latest report, Invisible Decline: Violations of Digital Rights in Hong Kong and Their Impact. In the report, Anouk Wear examines how digital rights in Hong Kong have declined amid the Chinese government’s crackdown and what the United States and the international community can do to defend freedom in Hong Kong. Join Hudson for an expert panel event that will discuss the report and its implications.

October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Trilateral US-Japan-Taiwan Cooperation on Physical AI

Featured Speakers:

Jeremy Chih-Cheng Chang

Ken Fukuda

Emma Rafaelof

William Chou

October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Trilateral US-Japan-Taiwan Cooperation on Physical AI

Join Hudson Institute for remarks and a panel discussion on how the US, Japan, and Taiwan can collaborate to seize Physical AI’s opportunities.

Featured Speakers:

Jeremy Chih-Cheng Chang

Ken Fukuda

Emma Rafaelof

William Chou

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October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Landmines, Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Stability on the Korean Peninsula

Featured Speakers:

Patrick M. Cronin

Lieutenant General (Ret.) In-bum Chun

Mira Rapp-Hooper

Ankit Panda

October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Landmines, Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, and Stability on the Korean Peninsula

Join Hudson Institute Asia-Pacific Security Chair Patrick M. Cronin for an expert panel featuring Lieutenant General (Ret.)In-bum Chun, Dr. Mira Rapp-Hooper, and Ankit Panda.

Featured Speakers:

Patrick M. Cronin

Lieutenant General (Ret.) In-bum Chun

Mira Rapp-Hooper

Ankit Panda

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October 2026

In-Person Event | Invite Only

Czech-US Defense and Security Forum

Featured Speakers:

Joel Scanlon

Zbyněk Pavlačík

Amb. Jakub Kulhánek

Amb. Nicholas Merrick

Jaromír Zůna

Max Prasolov

Tim Mak

Olga Chábr Grillová

Juan Bernabé-Moreno

James Mazol

Tomáš Pojar

Will Edwards

Jason Gaines

Matěj Benda

Robert Calvillo

Moderators:

Daniel Kochis

Jan Jireš

Peter Rough

Nadia Schadlow

October 2026

In-Person Event | Invite Only

Czech-US Defense and Security Forum

This forum will bring together American and Czech officials, defense experts, and industry leaders in Washington, DC.

Featured Speakers:

Joel Scanlon

Zbyněk Pavlačík

Amb. Jakub Kulhánek

Amb. Nicholas Merrick

Jaromír Zůna

Max Prasolov

Tim Mak

Olga Chábr Grillová

Juan Bernabé-Moreno

James Mazol

Tomáš Pojar

Will Edwards

Jason Gaines

Matěj Benda

Robert Calvillo

Moderators:

Daniel Kochis

Jan Jireš

Peter Rough

Nadia Schadlow

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October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Outcompeting China Through Technology, Industry, and Allied Power with Senator Dave McCormick

Featured Speakers:

Senator David McCormick

Mike Gallagher

October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Outcompeting China Through Technology, Industry, and Allied Power with Senator Dave McCormick

Join Senator Dave McCormick (R-PA), who recently visited Japan and Korea, and Distinguished Fellow Mike Gallagher for a fireside discussion on United States–China relations, the role of allies and partners in America’s Indo-Pacific strategy, and how the US can harness technology, industrial capacity, and allied strength to prevail in the defining strategic competition of our time.