US Security Assistance in Colombia and Mexico

March 2024

Past Event

US Security Assistance in Colombia and Mexico

Past Event

Hudson Institute

March 18, 2024

Military police patrol a street in Cartagena, Colombia, on August 29, 2000, as the city as prepares for the visit of President Bill Clinton (Photo by Marcelo Salinas/AFP via Getty Images)

March 2024

Past Event

Speakers:

Paul J. Angelo

Director, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University, and US Navy Reservist

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In his new book From Peril to Partnership: US Security Assistance and the Bid to Stabilize Colombia and Mexico, Paul J. Angelo draws on years of field experience to provide a comparative analysis of two major United States security assistance initiatives, Plan Colombia and the Mérida Initiative.

Join Hudson for a discussion with the author on the factors that enable or impede successful security assistance and on his recommendations for future US security efforts.

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Featured Speakers:

Nadia Schadlow

James Mismash

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In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Growing the DIB: A Conversation with Deputy Assistant Secretary of War James Mismash

Please join Hudson Institute for a fireside chat between Hudson Senior Fellow Nadia Schadlow and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Industrial Base Growth and Director of the Office of Small Business Programs James Mismash.

Featured Speakers:

Nadia Schadlow

James Mismash

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Featured Speakers:

Luke Coffey

Maksym Maksymov

Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna

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Featured Speakers:

Luke Coffey

Maksym Maksymov

Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna

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In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Winning the Innovation Competition

Featured Speakers:

Bryan Clark

Dan Patt

Emil Michael

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In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Winning the Innovation Competition

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Featured Speakers:

Bryan Clark

Dan Patt

Emil Michael

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In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The Code as Witness: COVID Origins, Scientific Accountability, and Preventing the Next Pandemic

Featured Speakers:

John P. Walters

Steven Quay

Senator Roger Marshall

David Asher

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In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The Code as Witness: COVID Origins, Scientific Accountability, and Preventing the Next Pandemic

Join Hudson as David Asher sits down with Dr. Quay for a fireside chat. Senator Roger Marshall, who has been a leading voice for stronger oversight of high-risk biological research, will open the program by framing the stakes for Congress, national security, and public health.

Featured Speakers:

John P. Walters

Steven Quay

Senator Roger Marshall

David Asher

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