Addressing Threats to Digital Rights in Hong Kong

November 2024

Past Event

Addressing Threats to Digital Rights in Hong Kong

Past Event

Hudson Institute

November 13, 2024

An electronics shop employee in Hong Kong on October 18, 2017, looks at television sets showing a news report on China's President Xi Jinping's speech at the opening session of the Chinese Communist Party's five-yearly Congress. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)

November 2024

Past Event

Speakers:

Ambassador Derek Mitchell

Senior Advisor, Office of the President, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Anouk Wear

Research and Policy Advisor (USA), Hong Kong Watch

Yaqiu Wang

Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Freedom House

Joey Siu

Hong Kong Activist

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Hudson Institute is pleased to host the launch of Hong Kong Watch’s latest report, Invisible Decline: Violations of Digital Rights in Hong Kong and Their Impact. In the report, Anouk Wear examines how digital rights in Hong Kong have declined amid the Chinese government’s crackdown and what the United States and the international community can do to defend freedom in Hong Kong. Join Hudson for an expert panel event that will discuss the report and its implications.

March 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Fully Exploiting Autonomous Military Systems

Featured Speakers:

Wahid Nawabi

Lindsey Sheppard

Scott Gilloon

Matt Macnak

Kevin Chlan

Rob Morrissey

Dan Javorsek

Moderator:

Bryan Clark

March 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Fully Exploiting Autonomous Military Systems

Senior Fellow Bryan Clark will sit down for a fireside chat with AeroVironment Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Wahid Nawabi about how the US military can realize these opportunities in autonomous systems.

Featured Speakers:

Wahid Nawabi

Lindsey Sheppard

Scott Gilloon

Matt Macnak

Kevin Chlan

Rob Morrissey

Dan Javorsek

Moderator:

Bryan Clark

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March 2025

Virtual Event | Online Only

‘The Perfect Allies’: Examining the U.S.-Baltic Relationship under the Trump Administration

Featured Speakers:

Amb. Kalev Stoicescu

Amb Eitvydas Bajarūnas

Olevs Nikers

Luke Coffey

March 2025

Virtual Event | Online Only

‘The Perfect Allies’: Examining the U.S.-Baltic Relationship under the Trump Administration

With global threats to freedom on the rise and America’s security commitments growing uncertain, join Luke Coffey and a panel of Baltic security experts for a discussion on the future of US-Baltic relations in the second Trump administration.

Featured Speakers:

Amb. Kalev Stoicescu

Amb Eitvydas Bajarūnas

Olevs Nikers

Luke Coffey

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April 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

America First and the Trump Administration’s New Investment Agenda

Featured Speakers:

Thomas J. Duesterberg

William Chou

Mario Mancuso

April 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

America First and the Trump Administration’s New Investment Agenda

Join Hudson’s Mario Mancuso, William Chou, and Thomas Duesterberg for a discussion about the Trump administration’s recently announced America First Investment Policy.