Investigating COVID-19 Origins: Muddy Waters with Dr. Robert Kadlec

June 2023

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Investigating COVID-19 Origins: Muddy Waters with Dr. Robert Kadlec

Past Event

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June 01, 2023

Medical workers conduct nucleic acid tests in a mobile hatch like nucleic acid testing laboratory in Bijie, China, on September 15, 2022. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

June 2023

Past Event

Speakers:

Dr. Robert Kadlec

Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Preparedness and Response

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The preponderance of circumstantial evidence supports the hypothesis that an unintentional research-related incident initiated the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the Chinese Communist Party refuses to release any of the data required to verify the alternate, zoonotic hypothesis. In April, the Republicans on the Senate HELP (Health, Environment, and Pensions) Committee released Muddy Waters, a report on the origins of COVID-19. The report, principally authored by Dr. Robert Kadlec and Dr. Robert Foster, examines the nexus of COVID-19 in unprecedented detail and looks systematically at China’s responsibility for the COVID-19 coverup.

Please join Hudson Senior Fellow David Asher for a conversation with Dr. Kadlec on the report’s findings.

February 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Toward a Stronger US-Taiwan Partnership: Unpacking the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade

Featured Speakers:

Rupert Hammond-Chambers

Bonnie Glaser

Moderator:

Riley Walters

February 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Toward a Stronger US-Taiwan Partnership: Unpacking the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade

Join Hudson for an expert panel on why these deals are so important for both nations, what they mean for the future of US supply chains, and what potential challenges remain for implementing these deals.

Featured Speakers:

Rupert Hammond-Chambers

Bonnie Glaser

Moderator:

Riley Walters

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February 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The Road to Lasting Peace: US Leadership in the South Caucasus

Featured Speakers:

Vinay Chawla

Luke Coffey

Sonata Coulter

Andrew D’Anieri

Efgan Nifti

Moderator:

Michael Doran

February 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The Road to Lasting Peace: US Leadership in the South Caucasus

Join Hudson for a conversation with officials who have been at the center of these efforts, expert financiers, and leading regional analysts on what the deal achieved, what comes next, and why sustained US engagement in the South Caucasus matters.