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30
May 2018
Past Event
Ambassador Nathan A. Sales on the State Department's Role in Countering Violent Extremism
Featured Speakers:
Nathan A. Sales
Eric Brown
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29
May 2018
Past Event
A Challenging Crossroad: Media and Politics in Iran
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25
May 2018
Past Event
Dismantling Russian Transnational Crime Organizations: A Conversation with José Grinda Gonzalez
Featured Speakers:
Judge José Grinda Gonzalez
Charles Davidson
Ben Judah
Sebastian Rotella
![Members of the Spanish Guardia Civil during a raid targeting the Russian mafia in the southern resort of Marbella, September 26, 2017 (JORGE GUERRERO/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1560/feature_20180525_featured.jpg?itok=ZL6cDNYq)
25
May 2018
Past Event
Dismantling Russian Transnational Crime Organizations: A Conversation with José Grinda Gonzalez
Spain’s Judge José Grinda Gonzalez and U.S. experts discuss investigating and prosecuting Russian organized crime
![Members of the Spanish Guardia Civil during a raid targeting the Russian mafia in the southern resort of Marbella, September 26, 2017 (JORGE GUERRERO/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/events/thumb/1560/feature_20180525_featured.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=UtjONgDl)
Featured Speakers:
Judge José Grinda Gonzalez
Charles Davidson
Ben Judah
Sebastian Rotella
22
May 2018
Past Event
The Iraqi Elections: Waiting for Sadr and Soleimani
Featured Speakers:
Ambassador James F. Jeffrey
Ahmad Khalid Majidyar
Michael Pregent
Joyce Karam
Bilal Wahab
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21
May 2018
Past Event
Are Gulf State Airlines Taking Unfair Advantage of Open Skies Agreements?
Featured Speakers:
Newt Gingrich
Peter Navarro
The Hon. James H. Burnley IV
Steve Taylor
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Thomas J. Duesterberg
![Airplane landing in Dubai airport (Wael Hamdan)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1561/feature_20180521_featured.jpg?itok=pw-NMy56)
21
May 2018
Past Event
Are Gulf State Airlines Taking Unfair Advantage of Open Skies Agreements?
A discussion addressing questions about the impact of state subsidies and other directed benefits on the international aviation market
![Airplane landing in Dubai airport (Wael Hamdan)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/events/thumb/1561/feature_20180521_featured.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=sid--wA_)
Featured Speakers:
Newt Gingrich
Peter Navarro
The Hon. James H. Burnley IV
Steve Taylor
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Thomas J. Duesterberg
16
May 2018
Past Event
Cuba: Post-Castro Transition
Featured Speakers:
Eduardo Ulibarri
Hector E. Schamis
Ambassador Jaime Daremblum
![Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel (L) and former president Raul Castro attend the May Day rally at Revolution Square in Havana on May 1, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1558/feature_20180516_featured.jpg?itok=w_rrWm70)
10
May 2018
Past Event
The Future of U.S. Naval Power: A Conversation with Congressman Rob Wittman
Featured Speakers:
Representative Rob Wittman
Seth Cropsey
![USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) arriving at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia approaching its berth next to the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and USS George Washington (CVN 73)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1554/feature_20180314_featured.jpg?itok=m6K3m3wE)
10
May 2018
Past Event
Israel, Iran, and the Future of the Iranian Nuclear Deal: A Conversation with Ron Dermer, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States
Featured Speakers:
Ambassador Ron Dermer
Michael Doran
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10
May 2018
Past Event
Israel, Iran, and the Future of the Iranian Nuclear Deal: A Conversation with Ron Dermer, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States
On May 10th, Hudson Institute hosted Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, for a discussion on the future of the Iran Deal
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Featured Speakers:
Ambassador Ron Dermer
Michael Doran
09
May 2018
Past Event
Trump and the JCPOA: It’s the End of the World As We Know It?
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Michael Pregent
Richard Goldberg
Kylie Atwood
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08
May 2018
Past Event
Syria: Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Jonas Parello-Plesner
Mariam Jalabi
Mohammad Al Abdallah
![April 28, 2018 explosions appearing in the skyline of a southern district of the Syrian capital Damascus, during regime strikes targeting the Islamic State group in the Palestinian camp of Yarmuk, and neighbouring districts.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1556/feature_20180508_featured.jpg?itok=F-kZnKMQ)
04
May 2018
Past Event
China's Police State in Xinjiang
Featured Speakers:
Sarah Cook
James Millward
Rian Thum
Louisa Greve
Eric Brown
![A policeman standing guard as Muslims arrive for the Eid al-Fitr morning prayer at the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1552/feature_20180504_featured.jpg?itok=2zZQLm4N)