

Program Schedule
Thursday, June 1: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, June 2: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 3: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Program Schedule
Thursday, June 1: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, June 2: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 3: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Senior Fellow and Director, China Center
Miles Yu is a senior fellow and director of the China Center at Hudson Institute.
Research Fellow and Assistant Director, Hudson Institute Political Studies
Rachel Mackey is a research fellow at Hudson Institute and the assistant director of Hudson Institute Political Studies.
CEO, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council,
Hon. Michelle S. Giuda served as Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs from 2018 to 2020. In 2019, Secretary of State Pompeo also delegated to Giuda the authorities of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. In this capacity, she also served as a Board Member of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. In 2019, Giuda led and executed the largest restructuring at the State Department in twenty years to create the Bureau of Global Public Affairs and modernize the Department’s global public affairs and public diplomacy operations.
Giuda is the CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, an organization dedicated to accelerating the innovation and adoption of trusted technology. As the preeminent global authority of a new category of Tech Diplomacy, the Institute integrates tech expertise, Silicon Valley strategies and foreign policy tools to build the Global Tech Trust Network of governments, companies and individuals united around a set of shared trust principles and a common mission to ensure that technology advances freedom.
Previously, Giuda was Executive Vice President of Geopolitical Strategy & Risk at global communications firm Weber Shandwick. Previously, Giuda was Senior Vice President at Weber Shandwick as well as Deputy Press Secretary for former Speaker of the House and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.
Giuda is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS) and a Senior Advisor to Concordia. In 2022, she was named to the Ad Age 40 Under 40 List, PRovoke Media’s Innovator 25 List, and was honored in 2016 with the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award by the Asian American Business Development Center. Giuda received her Master’s Degree in Political Management from George Washington University and earned a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA where she was an NCAA Champion and Team Captain of the UCLA Women’s Gymnastics Team.
Ph.D. at University of Pennsylvania, Professor at Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and Georgia Institute of Technology
Philip Fei-Ling Wang, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), professor at Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology (fw@gatech.edu). His research interests are comparative and international political economy, U.S.-East Asian relations, and East Asia and China studies. He has published eight books (two co-edited) in two languages including Organization through Division and Exclusion: China's Hukou System (Stanford University Press. 2005), The China Order: Centralia, World Empire, and the Nature of Chinese Power (SUNY Press, 2017), and The China Record: An Assessment of the People's Republic (SUNY Press, 2023). He has also published dozens of book chapters and journal articles in four languages.
He taught at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) and U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs), and held visiting and adjunct/honorary positions in institutions like European University Institute in Italy, Sciences Po in France, National Sun Yat-sen University and National Taiwan University in Taiwan, National University of Singapore, Renmin University and Anhui Normal University in China, University of Macau, University of Tokyo, and Sungkyunkwan University and Yonsei University in Korea. He has guest-lectured in over 50 universities worldwide and appeared in many national and international news media such as Al Jazeera, AFP, AP, BBC, CNN, The Financial Times, The New York Times, Radio China International, South China Morning Post,VOA, The Wall Street Journal, and the Xinhua News Agency. He has had numerous research grants including a Minerva Chair grant, a Fulbright Senior Scholar grant and a Hitachi Fellowship. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Deputy Director of China Studies at National Intelligence University, Non-Resident Senior Associate at the Freeman Chair in China Studies at Center for Strategic and International Studies
The People’s Republic of China poses the most significant national security threat the free world has faced since the end of the Cold War. The need to build a deeper understanding of the Chinese Communist system’s strategic intent, capabilities, and modus operandi—and to take concrete counter-steps—has never been greater. In this workshop, candidates will be introduced to the work of Hudson Institute’s China Center, which specializes in providing timely, informed, and strategic research and policy specifically tailored to face the China threat. Candidates will study Chinese culture and military strategy, investigate the growing threat of the Chinese Communist Party, and strategize solutions under the guidance of top China experts.
Highlights of Seminar Modules
The China challenge is decades in the making, and yet for decades Americans naively believed that the PRC has been on the brink of substantial political and economic reform. Despite this, there has been a remarkable degree of consistency in the PRC's disposition toward the US and its overall strategy. This introductory summary provides an overview of the China challenge thus far and, more importantly, what is at stake in overcoming this challenge.
Goaded by a nation with principles irreconcilable to its own, the US is faced with a decision: Appease China, or engage? Could appeasement cool tensions and make the PRC a responsible stakeholder in the international system? Is the tension between the US and the CCP too great to overcome? This module will examine the motives and actions of the CCP from an American national security perspective with a view to informing future action.
To understand and anticipate the CCP’s actions today, we need to understand what end it is striving toward. What do the PRC’s territorial ambitions in Taiwan and beyond, its extensive network of biological research facilities, and the Belt and Road Initiative have in common? Why is the CCP intent on increasing its influence in East Asia, South America, Africa and beyond? This module attempts to understand the motivations of the CCP, and why the United States poses an existential threat to its endgame.
Program Overview
The Hudson Institute Political Studies Policy Certificate Program gathers talented early- and mid-career professionals for advanced study of public policy and national security led by policy experts and experienced government officials. The program aims to give participants practical knowledge of key policy areas while demanding creative thought and strategic decision-making. Each workshop covers a distinct region or topic, ranging across American foreign and domestic policy. Workshops take place in Washington, DC, Thursday through Saturday during select weeks. Upon admittance, participation is free of charge.
Seminar Modules
Learn the intellectual tradition, historical background, and political terrain of a policy area through a series of intensive expert-led courses. Gain new access to the topic at hand through policy analysis and critical discussion.
Interactive Simulations
Test your skills in negotiation, strategic planning, and crisis management under expert guidance. Take on the role of officials confronting the situational pressures of policymaking in war games and mock assemblies.
Capstone Project
Showcase your newly gained policy insight by completing a capstone project—a choice of an op-ed or policy memo. Projects will be assessed for their strategic soundness, original analysis, and grasp of the policy area.
Eligibility and Applying
Our Policy Certificate Program is seeking an accomplished cohort of early career professionals who display capability and interest in American foreign and domestic policy issues. To apply, candidates will need to provide a resume, a personal statement, a writing sample, and a reference. The selection committee will consider a candidate’s subject matter expertise, creative thinking, writing ability, and professional background.
Applicants should meet the following criteria:
• Undergraduate degree holder
• Professional experience
• Demonstrated expertise in one or more relevant areas
• Highly competent writer and researcher
NATO members Lithuania, Denmark, Estonia, and Poland have led the way in both backing Ukraine’s defense and bolstering their own capabilities. But no country has shown more courage and tenacity than Ukraine itself. These countries' parliamentary chairs will join Hudson’s Peter Rough to discuss what to look for at the Vilnius summit.
This event will discuss the failed policy of 2-percent inflation, the restoration of a true monetary base, checks and balances on the Federal Reserve, free market interest rates, and other fundamental reforms to America’s ailing money regime.
Please join Hudson Institute Asia-Pacific Security Chair Dr. Patrick Cronin for a conversation with Ambassador Fick on the intersection of strategy, technology, and diplomacy.