

22
May 2025
Past Event
US-China Rivalry in the Middle East Conference
Featured Speakers:
Senator Ted Cruz
Congressman Kevin Hern
Elliott Abrams
Michael Doran
Mary Kissel
Bernard Haykel
Joshua Meservey
John Lee
Aaron MacLean
Ray Takeyh
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Jonathan Hessen
Joel Scanlon
Jason Hsu
Dan Blumenthal
Michael Sobolik
Garrett Exner
Ilan Berman
Mike Watson
Moderators:
Liel Leibovitz
Zineb Riboua
Ethan Gutman
Adhwaa Alsaleh
Daniel Samet

22
May 2025
Past Event
US-China Rivalry in the Middle East Conference
Former policymakers and leading national security experts will join Hudson to assess how China’s growing influence is reshaping the regional order—and how the US should respond.

Featured Speakers:
Senator Ted Cruz
Congressman Kevin Hern
Elliott Abrams
Michael Doran
Mary Kissel
Bernard Haykel
Joshua Meservey
John Lee
Aaron MacLean
Ray Takeyh
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Jonathan Hessen
Joel Scanlon
Jason Hsu
Dan Blumenthal
Michael Sobolik
Garrett Exner
Ilan Berman
Mike Watson
Moderators:
Liel Leibovitz
Zineb Riboua
Ethan Gutman
Adhwaa Alsaleh
Daniel Samet
25
April 2025
Past Event
Ambassador François Zimeray on the Arbitrary Detention of Boualem Sansal
Featured Speakers:
Ambassador François Zimeray
Zineb Riboua

25
April 2025
Past Event
Ambassador François Zimeray on the Arbitrary Detention of Boualem Sansal
With Research Fellow Zineb Riboua, Ambassador Zimeray will examine the legal, political, and strategic implications of Sansal’s detention and what it reveals about freedom of expression under authoritarian regimes.

Featured Speakers:
Ambassador François Zimeray
Zineb Riboua
20
March 2025
Past Event
Syria: What’s Next?
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Can Kasapoğlu
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua

20
March 2025
Past Event
Syria: What’s Next?
Senior Fellows Michael Doran and Can Kasapoğlu will discuss the evolving situation, what is next for Syria, and the future of US foreign policy in the region with Research Fellow Zineb Riboua.

Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Can Kasapoğlu
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
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