National Defense Implications of the Federal Budget Challenge

January 2024

Past Event

National Defense Implications of the Federal Budget Challenge

Past Event

Hudson Institute

January 17, 2024

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment execute platoon-level maneuver live fire exercises in the Grafenwoehr Training Area April 24-26, 2023. 2CR provides V Corps with a lethal and agile force capable of rapid deployment throughout the European theater in order to assure allies, deter adversaries, and when ordered, defend the NATO alliance. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Orion Magnuson)

Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment execute platoon-level maneuver live fire exercises in the Grafenwoehr Training Area on April 26, 2023. (US Army

January 2024

Past Event

Speakers:

Brigadier General (US Army, Ret.) Mike Meese

President, American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association (AAFMAA)

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What are the long-term implications of the United States’ current economic challenges, federal debt, and demographic trends for American national security? Although the president recently signed the $886 billion 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, what is the future of US defense spending? How do important federal domestic programs, interest on the national debt, and persistent and growing entitlement programs affect the funds available for national security? What types of spending does the Defense Department prioritize, and what does this prioritization mean?

Brigadier General (US Army, Ret.) Mike Meese will join Hudson Senior Fellow Harold Furchtgott-Roth to discuss these questions and more.

July 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Maritime Security and Next-Generation Technologies: A Platform for Cooperation between NATO and Its Asia-Pacific Partners

Featured Speakers:

Benedetta Berti

Tsuneo Watanabe

Peter Rough

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Moderator:

Liselotte Odgaard

An Italian explosive ordnance disposal team operates an unmanned underwater vehicle in NATO Exercise Dynamic Messenger in Portugal on September 29, 2022. (NATO via Flickr)

July 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Maritime Security and Next-Generation Technologies: A Platform for Cooperation between NATO and Its Asia-Pacific Partners

Hudson’s Liselotte Odgaard will moderate a panel discussing how NATO and AP4 can cooperate on meeting future challenges in maritime warfare.

Featured Speakers:

Benedetta Berti

Tsuneo Watanabe

Peter Rough

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Moderator:

Liselotte Odgaard

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July 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Speaker Mike Johnson on the Threats to the US-Led World Order

Featured Speakers:

Mike Johnson

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

July 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Speaker Mike Johnson on the Threats to the US-Led World Order

Join Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs for a discussion about the speaker’s agenda to bolster the credibility of US deterrence, strengthen alliances, and preserve the peace for the sake of maintaining the freedom, security, and prosperity of the American people.

Featured Speakers:

Mike Johnson

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

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July 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The Iran Threat to US-NATO Security

Featured Speakers:

Michael Doran

Congressman Ted Deutch

Moderator:

Peter Rough

An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member carrying a Palestinian flag in downtown Tehran on April 29, 2022. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

July 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The Iran Threat to US-NATO Security

Former Congressman Ted Deutch, the CEO of the American Jewish Committee, will join Hudson to discuss what NATO militaries can learn from Israel’s fight against Iran-backed militias, the implications of a nuclear Iran for Europe, Tehran’s role in the rise of antisemitism in the West, and why aiding Israel is an important step to dismantle the China–Russia–Iran–North Korea axis.