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China is expanding its strategic footprint across the Middle East through infrastructure, technology, and energy diplomacy. Amid Beijing’s global competition with the United States, shifting power dynamics and growing economic and technological entanglements are putting longstanding US alliances to the test in this crucial region.
Former policymakers and leading national security experts will join Hudson for a conference to assess how China’s growing influence is reshaping the regional order—and how the US should respond.
Hudson thanks the Public Interest Fellowship for supporting this conference.
Agenda
9:30 a.m. | Welcome Remarks
9:45 a.m. | Panel Discussion: The Middle East Between Washington and Beijing
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11:15 a.m. | Panel Discussion: Markets and Power: US-China Competition in the Middle East
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12:30 p.m. | Lunch Discussion: Restoring American Leadership in an Era of Strategic Rivalry
2:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion: China’s Emerging AI and Tech Influence in the Middle East and Africa
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3:15 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Are US Allies Shifting Away? Strategic Realignments and China’s Expanding Reach in the Gulf and Africa
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4:30 p.m. | Israel’s Strategic Role in the US-China Rivalry
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Join Hudson for a panel that will examine some of the tools that could help revitalize US investment in the region, including development finance, political risk insurance, and economic innovation zones.
Join Senior Fellow Matt Boyse for this discussion with Martin Vladimirov, director of the Energy and Climate Program at CSD, and Isaac Levi, Europe-Russia policy and energy analysis team lead at CREA. CSD Program Director Ruslan Stefanov will provide opening remarks.
Hudson will host an expert panel to discuss how increased technology collaboration will benefit the US and India and why these agreements could help both nations expand their partnerships in the Indo-Pacific.
Join Hudson for an expert panel on how reliable and effective patent rights are the key to the America First agenda: growing the US innovation economy, creating jobs, and responding to challenges from global competitors like China.
