Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

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Rebeccah L. Heinrichs is a senior fellow and director of the Keystone Defense Initiative. She specializes in US national defense policy with a focus on strategic deterrence.

Biography

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and the director of its Keystone Defense Initiative. She specializes in US national defense policy with a focus on strategic deterrence.

Dr. Heinrichs served as a commissioner on the bipartisan Strategic Posture Commission, which was created in the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. She also serves on the US Strategic Command Advisory Group and the National Independent Panel on Military Service and Readiness.

She is an adjunct professor at the Institute of World Politics, where she teaches nuclear deterrence theory, and is also a contributing editor of Providence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy.

Dr. Heinrichs earned her doctorate in defense and strategic studies from Missouri State University, where she graduated with distinction. She received her MA in national security and strategic studies from the US Naval War College and graduated with highest distinction from its College of Naval Command and Staff, receiving the Director’s Award for academic excellence. She earned her BA in history and political science from Ashland University in Ohio, was an Ashbrook Scholar, and currently serves as a member of the University's Board of Trustees.

She lives in Virginia with her husband and their five children.

26
September 2024
Past Event
Defense Innovation and the New Cold War
Featured Speakers:
Senator Tom Cotton
Joe Lonsdale
Shyam Sankar
Nadia Schadlow
Mackenzie Eaglen
Richard Berger
Moderators:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Morgan D. Ortagus
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Bailey, a Small Unmanned Aerial System master trainer with the 1st Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment, sets up a TS-M800 II drone during Saber Junction 23 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center near Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 11, 2023. (DVIDS)
26
September 2024
Past Event
Defense Innovation and the New Cold War

This threat environment is teaching American defense planners and policymakers hard lessons about the need to adapt and change the way the United States budgets, tests, acquires, and deploys new and existing weapon systems. Join Hudson for two panels that will discuss these lessons and why Washington urgently needs to apply them. 

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Bailey, a Small Unmanned Aerial System master trainer with the 1st Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment, sets up a TS-M800 II drone during Saber Junction 23 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center near Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 11, 2023. (DVIDS)
Featured Speakers:
Senator Tom Cotton
Joe Lonsdale
Shyam Sankar
Nadia Schadlow
Mackenzie Eaglen
Richard Berger
Moderators:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Morgan D. Ortagus
20
September 2024
Past Event
The Future of US and Allied Hypersonic Missile Programs
Featured Speakers:
Major General Heather Pringle, USAF (Ret.), PhD
Congressman Doug Lamborn
Admiral James A. Winnefeld Jr., USN (Ret.)
Mike White
John Plumb
Congressman Don Bacon
Congressman Donald Norcross
Congressman Vince Fong
Moderators:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
William Chou
Daniel McKivergan
 A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. (DVIDS)
20
September 2024
Past Event
The Future of US and Allied Hypersonic Missile Programs

Join Hudson for a workshop with congressional, government, and industry officials to discuss the future of the American hypersonic missile program. The Space Foundation’s Major General Heather Pringle, United States Air Force (ret.), will introduce a keynote address from Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO). Then expert panels will discuss the future of hypersonic missile offense and defense and how members of Congress can build a bipartisan consensus about the vital US hypersonic missile program.

 A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. (DVIDS)
Featured Speakers:
Major General Heather Pringle, USAF (Ret.), PhD
Congressman Doug Lamborn
Admiral James A. Winnefeld Jr., USN (Ret.)
Mike White
John Plumb
Congressman Don Bacon
Congressman Donald Norcross
Congressman Vince Fong
Moderators:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
William Chou
Daniel McKivergan
19
September 2024
Past Event
A Conversation with Eric Edelman and Mariah Sixkiller of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Eric Edelman
Mariah Sixkiller
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19
September 2024
Past Event
A Conversation with Eric Edelman and Mariah Sixkiller of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy

For a discussion of the report and how the US can respond to these threats, join Commissioners Eric Edelman and Mariah Sixkiller and Hudson’s Rebeccah Heinrichs for this live event.

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Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Eric Edelman
Mariah Sixkiller
08
July 2024
Past Event
Speaker Mike Johnson on the Threats to the US-Led World Order
Featured Speakers:
Mike Johnson
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference on June 4, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
08
July 2024
Past Event
Speaker Mike Johnson on the Threats to the US-Led World Order

Join Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs for a discussion about the speaker’s agenda to bolster the credibility of US deterrence, strengthen alliances, and preserve the peace for the sake of maintaining the freedom, security, and prosperity of the American people.

Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference on June 4, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Mike Johnson
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
18
April 2024
Past Event
Central & Eastern Europe Strategy Summit 2024
Featured Speakers:
Valdis Dombrovskis
Dan Quayle
Kamil Šaško
Jan Růžička
Marcin Piatkowski
Michael Harms
Tomáš Pojar,
Jean P. Froehly
Tyson Barker
Marek Mora
Vassil Terziev
Dragos Stefan Roibu
Tibor Tóth
Joel Scanlon
Moderators:
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Luke Coffey
Peter Rough
Jamie Fly
Matthew Boyse
Daniel Kochis
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18
April 2024
Past Event
Central & Eastern Europe Strategy Summit 2024
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Featured Speakers:
Valdis Dombrovskis
Dan Quayle
Kamil Šaško
Jan Růžička
Marcin Piatkowski
Michael Harms
Tomáš Pojar,
Jean P. Froehly
Tyson Barker
Marek Mora
Vassil Terziev
Dragos Stefan Roibu
Tibor Tóth
Joel Scanlon
Moderators:
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Luke Coffey
Peter Rough
Jamie Fly
Matthew Boyse
Daniel Kochis
19
March 2024
Past Event
We Win, They Lose: Republican Foreign Policy and the New Cold War
Featured Speakers:
Matthew Kroenig
Dan Negrea
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) and USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) steam in formation during a multiple large deck event in the Pacific Ocean on June 8, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carson Croom)
19
March 2024
Past Event
We Win, They Lose: Republican Foreign Policy and the New Cold War

The authors of We Win, They Lose: Republican Foreign Policy and the New Cold War join Rebeccah Heinrichs to discuss the path forward for policymakers hoping to usher in a new era of American leadership.

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) and USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) steam in formation during a multiple large deck event in the Pacific Ocean on June 8, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carson Croom)
Featured Speakers:
Matthew Kroenig
Dan Negrea
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
08
March 2024
Past Event
Taking On the China Challenge with Congressman Kevin Hern
Featured Speakers:
Congressman Kevin Hern
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Two white balloons float near the Chinese flag during a demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC, on February 15, 2023. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
08
March 2024
Past Event
Taking On the China Challenge with Congressman Kevin Hern

Join Congressman Hern and Rebeccah Heinrichs for a conversation on how Congress can restore America’s advantage over the People’s Republic of China.

Two white balloons float near the Chinese flag during a demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC, on February 15, 2023. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Congressman Kevin Hern
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
28
February 2024
Past Event
Taking Stock of Ukraine in 2024
Featured Speakers:
Lieutenant General Karel Řehka
Lieutenant General Leonard Kosinski
Jan Jireš
Oksana Markarova
Mark Newton
Maria Tomak
Luke Coffey
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Moderators:
Peter Rough
Jeremy Hunt
A Ukrainian flag is hanging in the window of an apartment building that has been heavily damaged during Russia's massive rocket attack on Kyiv, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 3, 2024. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
28
February 2024
Past Event
Taking Stock of Ukraine in 2024
A Ukrainian flag is hanging in the window of an apartment building that has been heavily damaged during Russia's massive rocket attack on Kyiv, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 3, 2024. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Lieutenant General Karel Řehka
Lieutenant General Leonard Kosinski
Jan Jireš
Oksana Markarova
Mark Newton
Maria Tomak
Luke Coffey
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Moderators:
Peter Rough
Jeremy Hunt
14
December 2023
Past Event
Senator Mike Rounds on the B-21 Bomber and Its Deterrence Mission
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Senator Mike Rounds
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14
December 2023
Past Event
Senator Mike Rounds on the B-21 Bomber and Its Deterrence Mission

Hudson Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the Keystone Defense Initiative Rebeccah Heinrichs will host Sen. Rounds to discuss the B-21’s role in the United States’ twenty-first-century deterrence mission.

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Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Senator Mike Rounds
13
December 2023
Past Event
Clarity on Hamas’s Terror Campaign and Sexual Violence
Featured Speakers:
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Sen. Joni Ernst
Rep. Beth Van Duyne
Rep. Julia Letlow
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Moderator:
Morgan D. Ortagus
Participants hold up posters of hostages as thousands of people attend the March for Israel on the National Mall on November 14, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
13
December 2023
Past Event
Clarity on Hamas’s Terror Campaign and Sexual Violence

Please join Sens. Joni Ernst and Marsha Blackburn and Reps. Beth Van Duyne and Julia Letlow for an event at Hudson with Senior Fellow Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, moderated by former State Department Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus.

Participants hold up posters of hostages as thousands of people attend the March for Israel on the National Mall on November 14, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Sen. Joni Ernst
Rep. Beth Van Duyne
Rep. Julia Letlow
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Moderator:
Morgan D. Ortagus
29
November 2023
Past Event
The B-21 Raider and Deterring the Two-Pronged Nuclear Threat
Featured Speakers:
Mackenzie Eaglen
Jennifer Bradley
Rebecca Grant
Christopher Bowie
Kari Bingen
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
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29
November 2023
Past Event
The B-21 Raider and Deterring the Two-Pronged Nuclear Threat
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Featured Speakers:
Mackenzie Eaglen
Jennifer Bradley
Rebecca Grant
Christopher Bowie
Kari Bingen
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
16
November 2023
Past Event
Making Russia Pay with Senator Jim Risch
Featured Speakers:
Senator James E. Risch
Nate Sibley
Olena Halushka
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Chris Socha
Firefighters work to put out a fire at CHP power station after it was hit by Russian missile on October 10, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
16
November 2023
Past Event
Making Russia Pay with Senator Jim Risch

Please join Hudson Institute for a foreign policy address by Senator Jim Risch, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and leading cosponsor of the REPO for Ukrainians Act.

Firefighters work to put out a fire at CHP power station after it was hit by Russian missile on October 10, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Senator James E. Risch
Nate Sibley
Olena Halushka
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Chris Socha
23
October 2023
Past Event
A Discussion with Commissioners of the Final Report of the US Strategic Posture Commission
Featured Speakers:
Madelyn R. Creedon
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Marshall Billingslea
Rose E. Gottemoeller
Robert M. Scher
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23
October 2023
Past Event
A Discussion with Commissioners of the Final Report of the US Strategic Posture Commission
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Featured Speakers:
Madelyn R. Creedon
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Marshall Billingslea
Rose E. Gottemoeller
Robert M. Scher
27
September 2023
Past Event
Fiasco in Kabul: The Untold Story
Featured Speakers:
Jerry Dunleavy
James Hasson
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
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27
September 2023
Past Event
Fiasco in Kabul: The Untold Story
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Featured Speakers:
Jerry Dunleavy
James Hasson
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
16
September 2023
Past Event
Central and Eastern Europe Strategy Summit
Featured Speakers:
Peter Rough
John P. Walters
Moderators:
Matthew Boyse
Luke Coffey
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
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16
September 2023
Past Event
Central and Eastern Europe Strategy Summit

Hudson hosts senior officials from the Bucharest Nine states of Eastern Europe as well as Ukraine and Moldova.

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Featured Speakers:
Peter Rough
John P. Walters
Moderators:
Matthew Boyse
Luke Coffey
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
07
September 2023
Past Event
Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Security Ties: A Conversation with Admiral Sir Tony Radakin
Featured Speakers:
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
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07
September 2023
Past Event
Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Security Ties: A Conversation with Admiral Sir Tony Radakin

Join Rebeccah Heinrichs, director of Hudson’s Keystone Defense Initiative, for a conversation with Admiral Sir Tony Radakin.

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Featured Speakers:
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
26
June 2023
Past Event
Mutiny in Russia: Assessing the Implications of Prigozhin’s March on Moscow
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Can Kasapoğlu
Luke Coffey
Moderator:
Peter Rough
 Members of Wagner patrol in an area near a tank outside a circus building in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023. (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)
26
June 2023
Past Event
Mutiny in Russia: Assessing the Implications of Prigozhin’s March on Moscow

Hudson experts sort through what Yevgeny Prigozhin's short-lived mutiny means and what policymakers should focus on next.

 Members of Wagner patrol in an area near a tank outside a circus building in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023. (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Can Kasapoğlu
Luke Coffey
Moderator:
Peter Rough
04
May 2023
Past Event
A Conversation with Gen. Bussiere, Commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command
Featured Speakers:
Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
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04
May 2023
Past Event
A Conversation with Gen. Bussiere, Commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command
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Featured Speakers:
Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
29
March 2023
Past Event
More, Better, Faster: A Conversation with Senators Risch and Wicker on US Support for Ukraine's Defense
Featured Speakers:
Jim Risch
Roger Wicker
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
A boy walks past of a street exhibition of destroyed Russian military vehicles in center of Kyiv, Ukraine 21 March 2023. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
29
March 2023
Past Event
More, Better, Faster: A Conversation with Senators Risch and Wicker on US Support for Ukraine's Defense

Please join Hudson Senior Fellow and Director of the Keystone Defense Initiative Rebeccah Heinrichs for a conversation with Senators Risch and Wicker on US support for Ukraine’s defense on Wednesday, March 29, at 4:00 p.m. A reception will follow.

A boy walks past of a street exhibition of destroyed Russian military vehicles in center of Kyiv, Ukraine 21 March 2023. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Jim Risch
Roger Wicker
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
20
March 2023
Past Event
Forty Years after President Reagan Unveiled the Strategic Defense Initiative
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Will Inboden
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20
March 2023
Past Event
Forty Years after President Reagan Unveiled the Strategic Defense Initiative
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Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Will Inboden
02
March 2023
Past Event
Building a More Resilient Indo-Pacific Security Architecture: A Conversation with DoD’s Ely Ratner and Lindsey Ford
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Ely Ratner
Lindsey W. Ford
Patrick M. Cronin
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Mighty Shrikes” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 94 prepares to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Rowe)
02
March 2023
Past Event
Building a More Resilient Indo-Pacific Security Architecture: A Conversation with DoD’s Ely Ratner and Lindsey Ford

Hudson Institute will host Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Dr. Ely Ratner and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Lindsey W. Ford for a conversation on the Department of Defense’s vision for building a more resilient security architecture in Southeast Asia.

An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Mighty Shrikes” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 94 prepares to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Rowe)
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Ely Ratner
Lindsey W. Ford
Patrick M. Cronin
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
17
November 2022
Past Event
China’s Cold War against the United States
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Dr. John Hemmings
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17
November 2022
Past Event
China’s Cold War against the United States

Please join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs for a conversation with Dr. John Hemmings on how the US can best utilize cutting-edge systems and technologies in this new cold war.

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Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Dr. John Hemmings
05
October 2022
Past Event
Deterrence and Indo-Pacific Security
Featured Speakers:
Lt. Gen. In-Bum Chun
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Soo Kim
Moderator:
Patrick M. Cronin
A North Korean flag in North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong is seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on October 4, 2022. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
05
October 2022
Past Event
Deterrence and Indo-Pacific Security

Please join Hudson Institute for a discussion featuring Lt. Gen. In-Bum Chun, Republic of Korea Army (ret.); Rebeccah Heinrichs of Hudson; and Soo Kim of RAND that will address the key issues of this timely subject in a discussion moderated by Hudson Asia-Pacific Security Chair Patrick Cronin.

A North Korean flag in North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong is seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on October 4, 2022. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Lt. Gen. In-Bum Chun
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Soo Kim
Moderator:
Patrick M. Cronin
04
August 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | The Implications of Speaker Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan
Featured Speakers:
H.R. McMaster
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Patrick M. Cronin
A US government plane carrying Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi takes off from Taipei Songshan Airport on August 03, 2022, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)
04
August 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | The Implications of Speaker Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan

The Taiwan visit by House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi raises new questions about peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait

A US government plane carrying Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi takes off from Taipei Songshan Airport on August 03, 2022, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
H.R. McMaster
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Patrick M. Cronin
21
June 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | Thinking the Unthinkable Part II: What if Putin Wins in Ukraine?
Featured Speakers:
David Asher
Bryan Clark
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Kenneth R. Weinstein
William Schneider
21
June 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | Thinking the Unthinkable Part II: What if Putin Wins in Ukraine?

This event will premiere on this page LIVE at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 21. Register for the event here.

Featured Speakers:
David Asher
Bryan Clark
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Kenneth R. Weinstein
William Schneider
29
March 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | Thinking About the Unthinkable in Ukraine: Could Putin Use Weapons of Mass Destruction?
Featured Speakers:
David Asher
Bryan Clark
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
William Schneider
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a concert marking the eighth anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on March 18, 2022. (Getty Images)
29
March 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | Thinking About the Unthinkable in Ukraine: Could Putin Use Weapons of Mass Destruction?

This event will premiere on this page LIVE at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, March 29. Register for the event here.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a concert marking the eighth anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on March 18, 2022. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
David Asher
Bryan Clark
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
William Schneider
Kenneth R. Weinstein
17
March 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | Russia’s War of Aggression: A Conversation with Congresswoman Victoria Spartz
Featured Speakers:
Representative Victoria Spartz
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
A view of destruction after an apartment building was hit by a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 14, 2022. (Getty Images)
17
March 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | Russia’s War of Aggression: A Conversation with Congresswoman Victoria Spartz

This event will premiere LIVE on this page at 9:00 a.m. EDT, Thursday, March 17. Register for the event here.

A view of destruction after an apartment building was hit by a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 14, 2022. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Representative Victoria Spartz
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
12
January 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | China’s Coercive Missile Strategy and the US Response
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Mark Lewis
Timothy A. Walton
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Dr. Christopher Yeaw
A formation of Dongfeng-17 conventional missiles attends a military parade during the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, China, Oct. 1, 2019. (Getty Images)
12
January 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | China’s Coercive Missile Strategy and the US Response

This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EST, Wednesday, January 12. Register for the event here.

A formation of Dongfeng-17 conventional missiles attends a military parade during the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, China, Oct. 1, 2019. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Mark Lewis
Timothy A. Walton
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Dr. Christopher Yeaw
26
August 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | A Conversation with Admiral Richard
Featured Speakers:
Admiral Charles Richard
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
26
August 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | A Conversation with Admiral Richard

Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 12:00p.m. EDT, Thursday, August 26. Register for the event here or via the register button

Featured Speakers:
Admiral Charles Richard
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
07
July 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | A Conversation on Strategic Forces with Rep. Mike Turner
Featured Speakers:
Mike Turner
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
07
July 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | A Conversation on Strategic Forces with Rep. Mike Turner

Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 7. Register for the event here or via the register button.

Featured Speakers:
Mike Turner
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
12
August 2020
Past Event
Video Event | General John E. Hyten on Progress and Challenges Implementing the National Defense Strategy
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
General John E. Hyten
12
August 2020
Past Event
Video Event | General John E. Hyten on Progress and Challenges Implementing the National Defense Strategy

**__This event will premiere on this page at 9:00 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, August 12.__
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Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
General John E. Hyten
24
July 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Ford on U.S. Policy and the Missile Technology Control Regime
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Christopher Ford
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
24
July 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Ford on U.S. Policy and the Missile Technology Control Regime

**__This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, July 21.__**

Join Hudson Institute for a conversation with Assistant Secretary

Featured Speakers:
Dr. Christopher Ford
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
30
June 2020
Past Event
Video Event | A Conversation with Dr. Mark Lewis on the Pentagon's Defense Modernization Priorities
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Dr. Mark Lewis
30
June 2020
Past Event
Video Event | A Conversation with Dr. Mark Lewis on the Pentagon's Defense Modernization Priorities

**__Please be advised: This event will premiere at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 30. Click here to view this event on Hudson’s website.__**

Join Hu

Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Dr. Mark Lewis
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March 2020
Past Event
Video Livestream - America’s Role in the World Amid a Pandemic: A Discussion with Former Under Secretary of Defense Michèle Flournoy
Featured Speakers:
Michèle Flournoy
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
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March 2020
Past Event
Video Livestream - America’s Role in the World Amid a Pandemic: A Discussion with Former Under Secretary of Defense Michèle Flournoy

Please be advised: This event will be livestreamed only starting at 9:30 a.m. EDT, Thursday, March 26.

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Featured Speakers:
Michèle Flournoy
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
13
August 2019
Past Event
Ensuring U.S. Technological Superiority: An Update from Under Secretary Michael D. Griffin
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Michael D. Griffin
13
August 2019
Past Event
Ensuring U.S. Technological Superiority: An Update from Under Secretary Michael D. Griffin

Hudson Institute will host a discussion with Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Michael Griffin on priorities, progress made over

Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Michael D. Griffin
29
May 2019
Past Event
The Arms Control Landscape
Featured Speakers:
Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley, Jr.
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Dr. James H. Anderson
Tim Morrison
Thomas DiNanno
Russian Yars ballistic nuclear missiles on mobile launchers roll through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade rehearsals on May 6, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
29
May 2019
Past Event
The Arms Control Landscape

Featuring DIA Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley, Jr. on Russian and Chinese nuclear weapons.

Russian Yars ballistic nuclear missiles on mobile launchers roll through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade rehearsals on May 6, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley, Jr.
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Dr. James H. Anderson
Tim Morrison
Thomas DiNanno
09
May 2019
Past Event
The UN vs. Israel: Strengthening U.S.-Israeli Relations in the Age of Trump
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Jon Lerner
Kevin Moley
Kristen Silverberg
09
May 2019
Past Event
The UN vs. Israel: Strengthening U.S.-Israeli Relations in the Age of Trump

Experts discuss the U.S. role in the UN

Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Jon Lerner
Kevin Moley
Kristen Silverberg
06
February 2019
Past Event
The 2019 U.S. Missile Defense Review: A Conversation with Under Secretary John C. Rood
Featured Speakers:
John C. Rood
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
(Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
06
February 2019
Past Event
The 2019 U.S. Missile Defense Review: A Conversation with Under Secretary John C. Rood

Experts discuss the Missile Defense Review

(Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
John C. Rood
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
24
January 2018
Past Event
U.S. Responses to the North Korean Threat: A Conversation with Senator Ted Cruz
Featured Speakers:
Senator Ted Cruz
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
24
January 2018
Past Event
U.S. Responses to the North Korean Threat: A Conversation with Senator Ted Cruz

Senator Ted Cruz and Rebeccah Heinrichs discuss the North Korean threat.

Featured Speakers:
Senator Ted Cruz
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
07
December 2017
Past Event
Shared Threats and a Common Purpose: U.S.-Romania Missile Defense Cooperation
Featured Speakers:
H.E. Ambassador George Cristian Maior,
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
U.S. anti-missile station Aegis Ashore Romania in Deveselu, Romania, May 12, 2016 (DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)
07
December 2017
Past Event
Shared Threats and a Common Purpose: U.S.-Romania Missile Defense Cooperation

Romanian Ambassador George Maior and Rebeccah L. Heinrichs on U.S.-Romanian missile defense cooperation and NATO security coordination in Europe

U.S. anti-missile station Aegis Ashore Romania in Deveselu, Romania, May 12, 2016 (DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
H.E. Ambassador George Cristian Maior,
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
10
February 2016
Past Event
Space and Missile Defense Forces and Capabilities for the Warfighter: A Conversation with Lt. Gen. David Mann
Featured Speakers:
Lt. Gen. David Mann
Rep. Doug Lamborn
Rep. Trent Franks
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
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10
February 2016
Past Event
Space and Missile Defense Forces and Capabilities for the Warfighter: A Conversation with Lt. Gen. David Mann

Lt. Gen. David Mann and Hudson Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs discuss the military's space and missile defense capability requirements.

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Featured Speakers:
Lt. Gen. David Mann
Rep. Doug Lamborn
Rep. Trent Franks
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
A B-2A Spirit bomber assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing leads a delta formation consisting of  two F-15C Eagles assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing and two Royal Air Force F-35B Lightnings as they  conduct aerial operations over the North Sea on September 16, 2019. (US Air Force)
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A B-2A Spirit bomber assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing leads a delta formation consisting of two F-15C Eagles assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing and two Royal Air Force F-35B Lightnings as they conduct aerial operations over the North Sea on September 16, 2019. (US Air Force)
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heinrichs
Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative
Ryan Tully
Ryan Tully
Senior Fellow
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kyle_balzer
Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Matthew Costlow
Matthew Costlow
Senior Analyst, National Institute for Public Policy
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