Since the fraudulent Belarusian presidential election in August 2020, Belarusian democratic leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has been the face of a free Belarus. Strongman Alexander Lukashenko’s regime imprisoned Tsikhanouskaya’s husband for voicing his own presidential aspirations and subsequently exiled her to Lithuania for spearheading large opposition rallies.
But Tsikhanouskaya remains a tireless advocate for freedom in Belarus and a forceful opponent of Russia’s war on Ukraine. She has also categorically rejected any deployment of Russian nuclear weapons onto Belarusian territory. “Without a free and democratic and independent Belarus, there will be no security in Europe. There will be a constant threat,” she told Agence France-Presse earlier this year.
In January, Lukashenko held yet another sham election that was neither free nor fair. Join Senior Fellow Peter Rough as he sits down with Tsikhanouskaya for a conversation on the state of affairs in Belarus and the geopolitics of Central and Eastern Europe.
Join Adam Mossoff for a conversation with the author about why IP protections are essential for fostering human flourishing, how the American system has been degraded, and steps policymakers can take to restore the system that has benefited the US and the world.
Join Hudson Senior Fellows Bryan Clark and Nadia Schadlow for a discussion of the opportunities and challenges in establishing a new weapons design and development approach with leaders from the US Air Force, Defense Innovation Unit, and US defense industry.
Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė will join Hudson Senior Fellow Marshall Billingslea for a discussion on the foreign policy and security issues her country faces.
