01
December 2022
Past Event
How to Overcome the Military Recruitment and Retention Crisis

How to Overcome the Military Recruitment and Retention Crisis

Past Event
Online Only
December 01, 2022
Military Recruitment
Caption
Marines with Mike Company confirm their oath of enlistment at their Eagle, Globe, and Anchor ceremony on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, on December 4, 2021. (US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Hageali)
01
December 2022
Past Event
Speakers:
Congressman Mike Waltz

Ranking Member, US House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness

LTG (R) Thomas Spoehr

Director, Center for National Defense, Heritage Foundation

Moderator:

Our military faces its most serious recruitment and retention crisis since the end of the Vietnam War. In fact, the Army ended the last fiscal year failing to meet its recruitment goal by 25 percent, falling nearly 15,000 soldiers short. If recruitment continues on this downward trajectory, our country’s overall standard of military readiness could face a bleak future.

Please join our nation’s leading US military readiness experts at Hudson Institute for a panel discussion on the causes of and potential solutions for this once-in-a-generation crisis.

Related Events
30
April 2026
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Sustaining the Edge: A Conversation with Congressman Ronny Jackson on US-Israel Technology and Security
Featured Speakers:
Joel Rayburn
Congressman Ronny Jackson
Getty Images
30
April 2026
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Sustaining the Edge: A Conversation with Congressman Ronny Jackson on US-Israel Technology and Security

Please join Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East Michael Doran and Congressman Ronny Jackson (R-TX) for a discussion on the congressman’s recently introduced United States-Israel Framework for Upgraded Technologies, Research, and Enhanced Security Act and the strategic importance of the US-Israel partnership.

Getty Images
Featured Speakers:
Joel Rayburn
Congressman Ronny Jackson
30 - 03
April - May 2026
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
The Era of Rivalry: American Power and the Contemporary World Order | Hudson Institute Political Studies Policy Certificate Program
Featured Speakers:
Peter Campbell
Rachel Mackey
Mike Watson
Stock Image
30 - 03
April - May 2026
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
The Era of Rivalry: American Power and the Contemporary World Order | Hudson Institute Political Studies Policy Certificate Program

This certificate program is designed to equip policy professionals with a rigorous framework for understanding great power competition and the evolving structure of the international order.

Stock Image
Featured Speakers:
Peter Campbell
Rachel Mackey
Mike Watson
29
April 2026
Past Event
Cuba: Prospects for Transition
Featured Speakers:
Daniel Batlle
Frank Calzon
Getty Images
29
April 2026
Past Event
Cuba: Prospects for Transition

Join Hudson Institute for a conversation with Frank Calzon, a veteran human rights advocate and one of the foremost authorities on Cuban civil society, as we examine the state of the island, lessons from democratic transitions elsewhere, and prospects for the Trump administration’s Cuba strategy.

Getty Images
Featured Speakers:
Daniel Batlle
Frank Calzon
29
April 2026
Past Event
Postponed | Updating US Trade Policy: A Discussion on the Strategic and Economic Importance of Central Asia with Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
Featured Speakers:
Ken Moriyasu
Congressman Jimmy Panetta
Image
29
April 2026
Past Event
Postponed | Updating US Trade Policy: A Discussion on the Strategic and Economic Importance of Central Asia with Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)

Please join Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and Senior Fellow Ken Moriyasu for a discussion on Central Asia’s economic and strategic significance and why updating US trade policy is key to unlocking the region’s potential in an era of renewed great power competition. 

Image
Featured Speakers:
Ken Moriyasu
Congressman Jimmy Panetta