Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
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Walter Russell Mead, David Lammy, and Jim Risch discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the transatlantic community and the future of the special relationship.
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The Hudson Institute Political Studies Policy Certificate Program gathers talented early and mid-career professionals for advanced study of public policy and national security led by policy experts and experienced government officials.
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Join Hudson Institute and the India Foundation for an invitation-only event focused on the role Washington and the American business community can play in strengthening bilateral economic and strategic relationships between the US and India.
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Join Walter Russell Mead, the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow at Hudson Institute, and France’s ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Muriel Domenach, for a conversation on the Russia-Ukraine War and its implications for European security, the future of NATO and European defense, the transatlantic relationship, and the European and American responses to China.
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On June 6, please join Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs on the National Security Council Kurt Campbell and Hudson Institute Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead for a discussion on United States foreign policy and America’s role in the world. Dr. Campbell will offer his perspective on American strategy in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Join Hudson Institute Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead for a discussion with historian Robert Kagan on his new book, The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900–1941.
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Please join Hudson Institute Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead and Senior Fellow Michael Doran for a discussion centered on Mead’s recently rel
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Join Hudson Institute’s Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead and Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos, Australia’s Ambassador to
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Hudson Institute will host Taranjit Singh Sandhu, India’s Ambassador to the United States, for a discussion on U.S.-India relations and Indian foreign
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Join Hudson Institute Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead for a discussion with economist Tyler Cowen on the future of technology and the middle
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Hudson Institute will host His Excelle
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Join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Peter Baker and Susan B. Glasser, coauthors of the recently published The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life
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Join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Edward Luttwak on geopolitical challenges that have emerged in the 21st century
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Join Hudson Institute for a discussion on the state of the liberal world order and the future of U.S. foreign policy with Robert Kagan, Senior Fellow
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Join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Joel Kotkin about building middle-class wealth and housing opportunities. Described by the New York Times
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Join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Senator Tom Cotton on and what the foreign policy priorities of a second Trump administration may be
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Join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Mickey Kaus, the prolific journalist and author of "The End of Equality," which chronicles the crises faci
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Join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Senator Marco Rubio on U.S. relations with China, Latin America and Iran. The event will also address the
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Join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Michael Shellenberger,
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Join Hudson Institute for a conversation with former Deputy Secretary of Stat
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Join Hudson Institute for a discussion on America’s future role
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On March 3rd, please join Kurt Campbell, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs during the Obama Administration, and H
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Hudson Institute will host Romanian ambassador George Maior for a discussion on the Romanian presidency of the European Union. The conversation will b
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Hudson Institute will host Cho Yoon-je, the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador to the United States, for a discussion about the current state of U.S.-So
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Oleksandr Danyliuk, Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Charles Davidson, and Walter Russell Mead on financial corruption reform
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Michael Doran, Walter Russell Mead, Ray Takeyh, and Lee Smith on Eisenhower's experience and the Trump administration's options in the Middle East
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Francis Fukuyama, Walter Russell Mead, Tyler Cowen, Adam Garfinkle, Nils Gilman, Kurt Volker, Jeffrey Winters & Charles Davidson on liberalism in 2016
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Is there any hope that religious minorities can remain in the Middle East? A conference with Nina Shea, Cardinal Dolan, and Walter Russell Mead.
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Walter Russell Mead hosted Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas for a one-on-one discussion of U.S. national security challenges at Hudson Institute.
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A discussion about France in the wake of the Paris attacks with Walter Russell Mead, Kenneth R. Weinstein, Jean-Francois Cope, and Bruno Tertrais
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![Dr Jordan B Peterson and Walter Russell Mead cross continents in a broad discussion over world affairs. They go in-depth on the state of China’s totalitarian regime, Vladimir Putin's plans for the war with Ukraine, the growing unrest under Iran’s iron fist, the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, and how a push for American optimism is necessary to best face these emboldened challengers on the world stage.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/01.26.2023%20Mead%20Jordan%20B%20Peterson.jpg?h=f2619207&itok=iHsULKfb)
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