Targeted: Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists under Threat in the US

December 2023

Past Event

Targeted: Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists under Threat in the US

Past Event

Hudson Institute

December 15, 2023

Hundreds gather in Times Square to rally in support of Hong Kong's "Umbrella Revolution" on October 1, 2014, in New York. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images)

December 2023

Past Event

Speakers:

Frances Hui

Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation

Piero Tozzi

Staff Director, Congressional-Executive Commission on China

Moderator:

There is nothing the Chinese Communist Party and the Hong Kong government fear more than their people. The Hong Kong government’s latest action, issuing a second round of $HK1 million bounties against Hong Kong and Hong Kong–American pro-democracy advocates, reveals this truth. The Hong Kong government’s record of engaging in transnational repression is getting longer and longer, and it merits more than strong condemnation from the United States and the international community.

Join Hudson for a conversation with a recent target of the Hong Kong government’s repression. The panel will discuss what it is like to be wanted by the Hong Kong authorities and identify the next steps the US government and the international community can take to support Hong Kongers facing persecution.

December 2025

Past Event

Moldova’s Euro-Atlantic Path: Regional Security, Energy Opportunity, and Democratic Resilience

Featured Speakers:

Mihai Popșoi

Igor Grosu

Leah Kieff

Moderator:

Luke Coffey

December 2025

Past Event

Moldova’s Euro-Atlantic Path: Regional Security, Energy Opportunity, and Democratic Resilience

Hudson’s Luke Coffey will host Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihai Popșoi, Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Igor Grosu, and Center for Strategic and International Studies Senior Associate Leah Kieff to examine the current political, security, and geopolitical situation in Moldova and the region going forward.

Featured Speakers:

Mihai Popșoi

Igor Grosu

Leah Kieff

Moderator:

Luke Coffey

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December 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Authoritarians in the Academy: How Adversaries Infiltrate Higher Education to Threaten Free Speech and National Security

Featured Speakers:

Sarah McLaughlin

Michael Sobolik

December 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Authoritarians in the Academy: How Adversaries Infiltrate Higher Education to Threaten Free Speech and National Security

Join Senior Fellow Michael Sobolik for a conversation with Sarah McLaughlin, a senior scholar at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, about her recent book on this subject, Authoritarians in the Academy.

Featured Speakers:

Sarah McLaughlin

Michael Sobolik

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December 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The View from Riga with Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže

Featured Speakers:

Baiba Braže

Peter Rough

December 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The View from Riga with Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže

To discuss the future of Latvian foreign policy, Peter Rough will welcome Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Baiba Braže back to Hudson for a fireside chat.

Featured Speakers:

Baiba Braže

Peter Rough

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December 2025

Past Event

Taiwan’s Security and the US-Japan Alliance: An Interview with Representative Yasutaka Nakasone

Featured Speakers:

Representative Yasutaka Nakasone

Riley Walters

December 2025

Past Event

Taiwan’s Security and the US-Japan Alliance: An Interview with Representative Yasutaka Nakasone

After visiting Taiwan twice this year, Representative Nakasone will join Hudson to discuss the US-Japan alliance, how Washington and Tokyo should think about a Taiwan contingency, ways Japan and Taiwan can increase cooperation, and what Japan should do to bolster its own defense capabilities.