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06
February 2024
Past Event
Russia’s War against Ukraine as Seen from Slovakia: A Conversation with Former Prime Minister Eduard Heger
Featured Speakers:
Matthew Boyse
Eduard Heger
![Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger speaks during an event with participant of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and foreign leaders in Ukraine on March 31, 2023. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2024-02/GettyImages-1250102004.jpg?itok=qZOEHbOn)
18
December 2023
Past Event
Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen on the Future of US-Finland Relations
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Elina Valtonen
![NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Elina Valtonen on July 6, 2023. (NATO via Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-12/53028775919_72d47e63f6_o.jpg?itok=m8yg7zFh)
13
November 2023
Past Event
The Decisive Moment for Ukraine: A Conversation with Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
Featured Speakers:
Andriy Yermak
Peter Rough
Moderator:
Luke Coffey
![On Kruty Heroes Remembrance Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored the memory of those who died in the struggle for independent Ukraine during the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-11/52716479115_f42f92c719_o.jpg?itok=HCGcxx6o)
13
November 2023
Past Event
The Decisive Moment for Ukraine: A Conversation with Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
Hudson’s Center on Europe and Eurasia will host Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak to discuss the state of the 2023 counteroffensive, the future of United States–Ukraine relations, and the status of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s peace formula.
![On Kruty Heroes Remembrance Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored the memory of those who died in the struggle for independent Ukraine during the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-11/52716479115_f42f92c719_o.jpg?h=a3d5121b&itok=4U7SOy3N)
Featured Speakers:
Andriy Yermak
Peter Rough
Moderator:
Luke Coffey
23
October 2023
Past Event
NATO Summit Retrospective: 100 Days after Vilnius, What’s Next?
Featured Speakers:
Žygimantas Pavilionis
Tomas Janeliūnas
Peter Rough
Luke Coffey
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19
October 2023
Past Event
Policy Address: Ursula von der Leyen on the US-EU Relationship
Featured Speakers:
Ursula von der Leyen
Peter Rough
John P. Walters
![President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks to members of the press after a bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House on March 10, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1472644668.jpg?itok=pzqpVG0o)
17
October 2023
Past Event
Georgia’s Heritage of Freedom
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Giorgi Khvedeliani
Daniel Twining, PhD
![Georgians attend a rally in Tbilisi on September 1, 2008, to protest Russian occupation of parts of the ex-Soviet Republic. (Irakli Gedenidze/REUTERS/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1211697125.jpg?itok=VsVtSETz)
17
October 2023
Past Event
Georgia’s Heritage of Freedom
Hudson Institute and Gamziri will host a reception to promote Georgia’s democratic journey and its aspirations for European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization integration.
![Georgians attend a rally in Tbilisi on September 1, 2008, to protest Russian occupation of parts of the ex-Soviet Republic. (Irakli Gedenidze/REUTERS/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1211697125.jpg?h=76120b77&itok=FbIP8gUv)
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Giorgi Khvedeliani
Daniel Twining, PhD
17
October 2023
Past Event
Transatlantic Ties in an Unstable World with Czech National Security Advisor Tomáš Pojar
Featured Speakers:
Tomáš Pojar
Peter Rough
![US soldiers of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of the US Army arrive to Czech army barracks on May 27, 2016, in Prague, Czech Republic. (Photo by Matej Divizna/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-10/GettyImages-534704474_0.jpg?itok=rQxhihcw)
27
September 2023
Past Event
Russia’s Cuban Recruits
Featured Speakers:
Can Kasapoğlu
Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat
Erich de la Fuente
Moderator:
Daniel Batlle
![The Russian Federation Navy Admiral Gorshkov frigate arrives to Havana's port on June 24, 2019. - A Russian naval detachment, led by the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, arrived in Havana on Monday in times of high tension between the island and the United States. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-09/GettyImages-1151695746.jpg?itok=AfdkF5N2)
27
September 2023
Past Event
Russia’s Cuban Recruits
The revelation that Russia has recruited hundreds of Cuban citizens to fight in Ukraine underscores the desperation of Cuban citizens and the expansion of cooperation between Cuba and Russia.
![The Russian Federation Navy Admiral Gorshkov frigate arrives to Havana's port on June 24, 2019. - A Russian naval detachment, led by the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, arrived in Havana on Monday in times of high tension between the island and the United States. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-09/GettyImages-1151695746.jpg?h=5d85b1d2&itok=D3sy-o7v)
Featured Speakers:
Can Kasapoğlu
Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat
Erich de la Fuente
Moderator:
Daniel Batlle