Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

National Security and Defense Arms Control and Nonproliferation Missile Defense Foreign Policy
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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.

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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.

Ms. Heinrichs currently serves 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.

Ms. Heinrichs earned 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 is enrolled at Missouri State University pursuing her doctorate of defense and strategic studies.

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

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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
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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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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
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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 Rattner 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
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17
November 2022
Past Event
China’s Cold War against the United States
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Dr. John Hemmings
PLA Submarine
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.

PLA Submarine
Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Dr. John Hemmings
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Vice Chairman of th

Featured Speakers:
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
General John E. Hyten
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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
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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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26
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
26
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.

If you have questions for our guest, please em

Featured Speakers:
Michèle Flournoy
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
Featured Speakers:
Lt. Gen. David Mann
Rep. Doug Lamborn
Rep. Trent Franks
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
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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
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U.S. Marines with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, drive an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System onto a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy during a loading exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 7, 2023. Marines with the battalion conducted the exercise in order to rehearse the planning and execution of embarking a self-sustaining platoon on a C-5. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cameron Hermanet)
US Marines with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, drive an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System onto a US Air Force C-5 Galaxy during a loading exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton in California on February 7, 2023. (US Marine Corps photo by Cameron Hermanet)
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