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20
July 2023
Past Event
Sharpening the Air Force’s Cyber and Spectrum Edge
Featured Speakers:
Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore Jr.
Lt. Gen. Leah G. Lauderback
Bryan Clark
Dan Patt
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20
July 2023
Past Event
Sharpening the Air Force’s Cyber and Spectrum Edge

Join Hudson Senior Fellows Bryan Clark and Dan Patt for a discussion on the US Air Force’s plans to improve its cyberspace and spectrum superiority with Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore Jr. and Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations Lt. Gen. Leah G. Lauderback of the US Air Force.

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Featured Speakers:
Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore Jr.
Lt. Gen. Leah G. Lauderback
Bryan Clark
Dan Patt
18
July 2023
Past Event
Achieving Spectrum Superiority with the Congressional Electromagnetic Warfare Working Group
Featured Speakers:
Rep. Don Bacon
Rep. Rick Larsen
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan
Timothy A. Walton
Brian Hinkley
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18
July 2023
Past Event
Achieving Spectrum Superiority with the Congressional Electromagnetic Warfare Working Group

Join Hudson for a discussion on the US military’s efforts to achieve spectrum superiority with Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE), Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), the co-chairs of the Congressional Electromagnetic Warfare Working Group.

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Featured Speakers:
Rep. Don Bacon
Rep. Rick Larsen
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan
Timothy A. Walton
Brian Hinkley
14
July 2023
Past Event
The Next Century of Aerial Refueling
Featured Speakers:
Jeremiah Gertler
Jon Ludwigson
Lt. Gen. Thomas Sharpy
Timothy A. Walton
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14
July 2023
Past Event
The Next Century of Aerial Refueling
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Featured Speakers:
Jeremiah Gertler
Jon Ludwigson
Lt. Gen. Thomas Sharpy
Timothy A. Walton
31
May 2023
Past Event
Partnership of Freedom: AUKUS Viewed by Its Architects
Featured Speakers:
Hon. Boris Johnson
Hon. Scott Morrison
Michael R. Pompeo
Bryan Clark
John Lee
Moderator:
Miles Yu
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31
May 2023
Past Event
Partnership of Freedom: AUKUS Viewed by Its Architects

Please join Hudson’s China Center for a panel discussion with the architects of the AUKUS agreement—former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and Seventieth US Secretary of State and Distinguished Fellow Michael R. Pompeo—on this monumental diplomatic and security achievement.

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Featured Speakers:
Hon. Boris Johnson
Hon. Scott Morrison
Michael R. Pompeo
Bryan Clark
John Lee
Moderator:
Miles Yu
01
May 2023
Past Event
Rebuilding American Naval Dominance
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Jerry Hendrix
Timothy A. Walton
Moderator:
Jeremy Hunt
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May 2023
Past Event
Rebuilding American Naval Dominance
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Featured Speakers:
Dr. Jerry Hendrix
Timothy A. Walton
Moderator:
Jeremy Hunt
28
April 2023
Past Event
Restoring Military Readiness with Rep. Mike Garcia
Featured Speakers:
Rep. Mike Garcia
Jeremy Hunt
Timothy A. Walton
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28
April 2023
Past Event
Restoring Military Readiness with Rep. Mike Garcia

Please join Congressman Mike Garcia (CA-27) and Hudson Media Fellow Jeremy Hunt for a discussion on the way out of this crisis.

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Featured Speakers:
Rep. Mike Garcia
Jeremy Hunt
Timothy A. Walton
13
March 2023
Past Event
Rethinking Supply Chains and Shipping to Reduce America’s Vulnerability to China
Featured Speakers:
Hon. Peter DeFazio (D-OR, ret.)
Michael Roberts
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 07: Shipping containers are stacked on a container ship at the Port of Los Angeles on February 7, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. The Commerce Department reported today that the U.S. posted its largest-ever trade deficit in 2022, $948.1 billion, as Americans imported large quantities of machinery, medicines and industrial items amid weakened global demand and high inflation. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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March 2023
Past Event
Rethinking Supply Chains and Shipping to Reduce America’s Vulnerability to China

Former Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Peter DeFazio joins Hudson Senior Fellow Michael Roberts for a conversation on shipping and international trade.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 07: Shipping containers are stacked on a container ship at the Port of Los Angeles on February 7, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. The Commerce Department reported today that the U.S. posted its largest-ever trade deficit in 2022, $948.1 billion, as Americans imported large quantities of machinery, medicines and industrial items amid weakened global demand and high inflation. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Hon. Peter DeFazio (D-OR, ret.)
Michael Roberts
27
February 2023
Past Event
Where Are the Ships? Fighting a Pacific War without American Sealift
Featured Speakers:
Rear Admiral Mark Buzby
Michael Roberts
A shipbuilder walks in the yard, with partial ship assemblies behind him, at Bath Iron Works in Bath on Wednesday, December 10, 2014. (Photo by Carl D. Walsh/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
27
February 2023
Past Event
Where Are the Ships? Fighting a Pacific War without American Sealift

Hudson hosts a conversation with RADM Mark Buzby that examines the state of the US maritime industry, its potential role in a western Pacific conflict, and options for restoring an American industry.

A shipbuilder walks in the yard, with partial ship assemblies behind him, at Bath Iron Works in Bath on Wednesday, December 10, 2014. (Photo by Carl D. Walsh/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Rear Admiral Mark Buzby
Michael Roberts
14
February 2023
Past Event
Securing US Cyberspace against Foreign Digital Sabotage
Featured Speakers:
Representative Tony Gonzales
Bryan Clark
Jason Weiss
Cliff Bean
SYMBOL - 30 January 2023, Baden-Württemberg, Rottweil: A fictitious hacker program can be seen on two screens of a computer. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)
14
February 2023
Past Event
Securing US Cyberspace against Foreign Digital Sabotage

Please join Hudson Senior Fellow Bryan Clark for a discussion with Representative Tony Gonzales, Conquest Cyber Chief Software Officer Jason Weiss, and Peraton Director of Navy Missions Cliff Bean about the challenges and opportunities in new approaches to strengthening and securing the nation’s software supply chains. 

SYMBOL - 30 January 2023, Baden-Württemberg, Rottweil: A fictitious hacker program can be seen on two screens of a computer. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Representative Tony Gonzales
Bryan Clark
Jason Weiss
Cliff Bean
26
January 2023
Past Event
Software Defines Tactics: Fielding Transformational Capability without Transforming Acquisition
Featured Speakers:
Jason Weiss
James Geurts
Dan Patt
Bryan Clark
Software Defines Tactics
26
January 2023
Past Event
Software Defines Tactics: Fielding Transformational Capability without Transforming Acquisition

A decade ago venture capitalist Marc Andreessen argued that software was eating the world. Please join Hudson Institute and DoD experts for a discussion on how the US military is wrestling with that reality. 

Software Defines Tactics
Featured Speakers:
Jason Weiss
James Geurts
Dan Patt
Bryan Clark
11
January 2023
Past Event
Competing with China with Chips: US Microelectronics Supplies during a Trade War
Featured Speakers:
Neal Anderson
Rich Ashooh
Travis Kelly
Bryan Clark
JINHUA, CHINA - FEBRUARY 22: A robotic arm is seen on the assembly line of computer at a computer manufacturing enterprise set up by Tsinghua Tongfang Co., Ltd on February 22, 2022 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. (Photo by Hu Xiaofei/VCG via Getty Images)
11
January 2023
Past Event
Competing with China with Chips: US Microelectronics Supplies during a Trade War

Please join Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Bryan Clark for a discussion on strengthening the US microelectronics supply chain with Neal Anderson of Chemours, Rich Ashooh of LAM Research, and Travis Kelly of the Isola Group. 

JINHUA, CHINA - FEBRUARY 22: A robotic arm is seen on the assembly line of computer at a computer manufacturing enterprise set up by Tsinghua Tongfang Co., Ltd on February 22, 2022 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. (Photo by Hu Xiaofei/VCG via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Neal Anderson
Rich Ashooh
Travis Kelly
Bryan Clark
15
December 2022
Past Event
Strengthening Defense in an Unstable World
Featured Speakers:
Senator Roger Wicker
Bryan Clark
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15
December 2022
Past Event
Strengthening Defense in an Unstable World

Please join Hudson Senior Fellow Bryan Clark for a discussion on defending Taiwan and the future of US defense strategy and budgets with Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi.

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Featured Speakers:
Senator Roger Wicker
Bryan Clark