Name: Ray Donovan on the Fentanyl Crisis and Strategic Law Enforcement
Start: 2024-07-12T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-07-12T12:00:00-04:00

July 2024

Past Event

Ray Donovan on the Fentanyl Crisis and Strategic Law Enforcement

Past Event

Hudson Institute

July 12, 2024

Ray Donovan, chief of operations of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), stands in front of "The Faces of Fentanyl" wall in Arlington, Virginia, on July 13, 2022. (Agnes Bun/AFP via Getty Images)

July 2024

Past Event

Speakers:

Raymond Donovan

Former Director of Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration

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After a monthslong investigation, the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and Chinese Communist Party uncovered that China is actively subsidizing the sale of fentanyl precursors to Mexico. With 80,000–100,000 American citizens dying of fentanyl overdoses each year, the administration needs to comprehensively disrupt the finances and operations of Mexico’s drug cartels and their suppliers, launderers, and partners in crime: the Chinese Communists.

David Asher and Raymond Donovan, former director of operations of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and a strategic law enforcement expert, will discuss how America should hold the perpetrators accountable by strategically targeting them from the top down.

October 2026

In-Person Event | Invite Only

Decision Time in Jerusalem: Inside Israel’s Election

Featured Speakers:

Michael Doran

Ludovic Hood

David Wurmser

David Makovsky

October 2026

In-Person Event | Invite Only

Decision Time in Jerusalem: Inside Israel’s Election

Join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Ludovic Hood for a panel with David Wurmser of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs; David Makovsky of the Washington Institute; and Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, Michael Doran, as they discuss the state of the race and potential paths forward for the United States–Israel relationship.

Featured Speakers:

Michael Doran

Ludovic Hood

David Wurmser

David Makovsky

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October 2026

Virtual Event | Online Only

The Nord Stream Conspiracy: A Conversation with Bojan Pancevski

Featured Speakers:

Bojan Pancevski

Peter Rough

October 2026

Virtual Event | Online Only

The Nord Stream Conspiracy: A Conversation with Bojan Pancevski

Join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Peter Rough for an online conversation with Pancevski about his new book and the broader implications of the Nord Stream affair for European security, transatlantic relations, and the evolution of unconventional warfare.

Featured Speakers:

Bojan Pancevski

Peter Rough

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22 - 25

October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Israel’s Place in the American Order

Featured Speakers:

Zineb Riboua

Aaron MacLean

Kate Rozansky

22 - 25

October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Israel’s Place in the American Order

Featured Speakers:

Zineb Riboua

Aaron MacLean

Kate Rozansky

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October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The Annual Czech and Slovak Freedom Lecture

Featured Speakers:

Karel Řehka

Daniel Kochis

Luke Coffey

October 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The Annual Czech and Slovak Freedom Lecture

Hudson welcomes Karel Řehka, former chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, to discuss the changing security environment in Europe and its implications for the Czech Republic, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the transatlantic alliance.