Jason Hsu

Senior Fellow

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Jason Hsu is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute.

Biography

Jason Hsu is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, where he focuses on the United States’ technological cooperation with allies and partners.

From 2016 to 2020, Hsu served as legislator-at-large in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan (the national parliament) where he focused on defense, technology, trade, and foreign policy. Previously, he was an Edward Mason Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He was also a visiting scholar at the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School where he led a research team in designing a war game on a Taiwan Strait blockade contingency.

Hsu has lectured widely at colleges and universities, including the University of Toronto, University of California San Diego, IE University, the US Naval War College, Yale University, the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, University of California Berkeley, and Stanford University.

Hsu was a recipient of the Eisenhower Fellowship in 2022 and was a Draper Hills Summer Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Democracy Development and Rule of Law. He was a fellow of the US State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program in 2019.

Hsu received an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a BA from National Chengchi University.

Events
28
July 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
David Petraeus on What Taiwan Can Learn from Ukraine’s Battlefield Experience
Featured Speakers:
Kenneth R. Weinstein
General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.)
Moderator:
Jason Hsu
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28
July 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
David Petraeus on What Taiwan Can Learn from Ukraine’s Battlefield Experience

General David H. Petraeus (US Army, ret.) will join Hudson’s Jason Hsu for a conversation about what the war in Ukraine has revealed about the future of warfare—and what these lessons mean for Taiwanese security.

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Featured Speakers:
Kenneth R. Weinstein
General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.)
Moderator:
Jason Hsu
22
July 2025
Past Event
How Trump’s Tariffs Will Affect US-Taiwan Relations
Featured Speakers:
Chang-Tai Hsieh
John Deng
Brad Setser
Riley Walters
Moderator:
Jason Hsu
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22
July 2025
Past Event
How Trump’s Tariffs Will Affect US-Taiwan Relations

Join Hudson for a panel discussion with American and Taiwanese experts and former policymakers on how Taiwan can navigate economic headwinds, realign its trade strategy, and strengthen its resilience in the face of the rising Chinese threat.

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Featured Speakers:
Chang-Tai Hsieh
John Deng
Brad Setser
Riley Walters
Moderator:
Jason Hsu
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
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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.

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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
28
March 2025
Past Event
Building a Sustainable and Successful Semiconductor Ecosystem under the Trump Administration
Featured Speakers:
Peter Cleveland
Jonathan Hoganson
Paul Treadgold
Patrick Wilson
Moderator:
Jason Hsu
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28
March 2025
Past Event
Building a Sustainable and Successful Semiconductor Ecosystem under the Trump Administration

Senior Fellow Jason Hsu will moderate a discussion with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) Senior Vice President Peter Cleveland, ASML Head of US Government Affairs Jonathan Hoganson, Tokyo Electron Director of Government Affairs Paul Treadgold, and MediaTek Vice President of Government Relations Patrick Wilson. 

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Featured Speakers:
Peter Cleveland
Jonathan Hoganson
Paul Treadgold
Patrick Wilson
Moderator:
Jason Hsu