Samuel Tadros

Former Senior Fellow

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Samuel Tadros was a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. 

Biography

Samuel Tadros was a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. 

Mr. Tadros was previously distinguished visiting fellow in Middle Eastern Studies at the Hoover Institution, a professorial lecturer at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) where he taught Middle Eastern politics, and the co-host of Sam & Ammar at Al Hurra TV, a program dedicated to covering Middle Eastern political and social developments from a classical liberal perspective. He is the author of Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity (2013) and Reflections on the Revolution in Egypt (2014), both published by Hoover Press.

Mr. Tadros received his MA in democracy and governance from Georgetown University and his BA in political science from the American University in Cairo.

27
June 2018
Past Event
The Holocaust and the Arab World
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Hillel Fradkin
Samuel Tadros
Ammar Abdulhamid
27
June 2018
Past Event
The Holocaust and the Arab World

For the past seven decades serious discussion about the Holocaust has been virtually non-existent in the Arabic speaking world. The Holocaust has been

Featured Speakers:
Dr. Hillel Fradkin
Samuel Tadros
Ammar Abdulhamid
24
October 2017
Past Event
The Future of Orthodox Christianity in Syria and America
Featured Speakers:
Patriarch John X
Metropolitan Joseph
Samuel Tadros
The Orthodox Convent of Our Lady, Seydnaya, Syria (image credit: De Agostini/C. Sappa)
24
October 2017
Past Event
The Future of Orthodox Christianity in Syria and America

John X, Metropolitan Joseph, Samuel Tadros, and Nina Shea discuss the future of the Antiochian Church in Syria and the U.S.

The Orthodox Convent of Our Lady, Seydnaya, Syria (image credit: De Agostini/C. Sappa)
Featured Speakers:
Patriarch John X
Metropolitan Joseph
Samuel Tadros
03
April 2017
Past Event
U.S.-Egyptian Relations in the Age of ISIS
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Ambassador Alberto Fernandez
Samuel Tadros
03
April 2017
Past Event
U.S.-Egyptian Relations in the Age of ISIS

Alberto Fernandez, Nina Shea, and Samuel Tadros discuss the security, political, and religious freedom challenges facing Egypt

Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Ambassador Alberto Fernandez
Samuel Tadros
29
June 2016
Past Event
The Future of North Africa—Reports from Libya, Tunisia, and Morocco
Featured Speakers:
Lee Smith
Eric Brown
Sarah Feuer
Samuel Tadros
29
June 2016
Past Event
The Future of North Africa—Reports from Libya, Tunisia, and Morocco

Eric Brown, Sarah Feuer, Lee Smith, and Samuel Tadros discuss the prospects for lasting democracy and persistence of extremist sects in North Africa.

Featured Speakers:
Lee Smith
Eric Brown
Sarah Feuer
Samuel Tadros
23
February 2016
Past Event
Egypt's Enduring Security Challenges
Featured Speakers:
Eric Brown
Samuel Tadros
Michael Wahid Hanna
Amy Hawthorne
Mokhtar Awad
23
February 2016
Past Event
Egypt's Enduring Security Challenges

Hudson Institute hosts a panel with top Egypt analysts Samuel Tadros, Michael Wahid Hanna, Amy Hawthorne, Mokhtar Awad and Eric Brown.

Featured Speakers:
Eric Brown
Samuel Tadros
Michael Wahid Hanna
Amy Hawthorne
Mokhtar Awad
17
July 2015
Past Event
The Future of Egypt: A Somalia on the Nile or a Stable, Robust U.S. Ally in the Region?
Featured Speakers:
Mokhtar Awad
Jantzen Garnett
Samuel Tadros
Lee Smith
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17
July 2015
Past Event
The Future of Egypt: A Somalia on the Nile or a Stable, Robust U.S. Ally in the Region?

Samuel Tadros, Mokhtar Awad, Jantzen Garnett, and Lee Smith discuss Egypt's future.

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Featured Speakers:
Mokhtar Awad
Jantzen Garnett
Samuel Tadros
Lee Smith
07
May 2015
Past Event
The Islamic State's Religious Cleansing and the Urgency of a Strategic Response
Featured Speakers:
His Eminence, Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Walter Russell Mead
Nina Shea
Kenneth R. Weinstein
The Reverend Benedict Kiely
Mark L. Movsesian
Sarkis Boghjalian
Michael J.L. La Civita
His Excellency, Bishop Gregory John Mansour
Samuel Tadros
Kirsten Powers
The Reverend Johnnie Moore
Mindy Belz
Joseph Kassab
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07
May 2015
Past Event
The Islamic State's Religious Cleansing and the Urgency of a Strategic Response

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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Featured Speakers:
His Eminence, Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Walter Russell Mead
Nina Shea
Kenneth R. Weinstein
The Reverend Benedict Kiely
Mark L. Movsesian
Sarkis Boghjalian
Michael J.L. La Civita
His Excellency, Bishop Gregory John Mansour
Samuel Tadros
Kirsten Powers
The Reverend Johnnie Moore
Mindy Belz
Joseph Kassab
18
March 2015
Past Event
Prospects for Christians in the Path of Persecution
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Bishop Angaelos
Samuel Tadros
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18
March 2015
Past Event
Prospects for Christians in the Path of Persecution

Nina Shea and Samuel Tadros joined His Grace Bishop Angaelos to discuss the threats facing the Coptic community in the Middle East.

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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Bishop Angaelos
Samuel Tadros
18
December 2014
Past Event
The State and Future of Egypt’s Islamists
Featured Speakers:
Samuel Tadros
Mokhtar Awad
William McCants
Eric Trager
18
December 2014
Past Event
The State and Future of Egypt’s Islamists

Samuel Tadros, Mokhtar Awad, William McCants, and Eric Trager discuss the state and future of Egypt's Islamists on December 18th at Hudson Institute.

Featured Speakers:
Samuel Tadros
Mokhtar Awad
William McCants
Eric Trager
16
May 2014
Past Event
Egypt After Sisi's Election: Greater Domestic Turmoil or Stability and Growth?
Featured Speakers:
Samuel Tadros
Mokhtar Awad
Lee Smith
16
May 2014
Past Event
Egypt After Sisi's Election: Greater Domestic Turmoil or Stability and Growth?

On May 16th, Lee Smith moderated a panel with Samuel Tadros and Mokhtar Awad to discuss the future of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s Egypt.

Featured Speakers:
Samuel Tadros
Mokhtar Awad
Lee Smith
22
August 2013
Past Event
Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity
Featured Speakers:
Samuel Tadros
Robert Satloff
Nina Shea
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22
August 2013
Past Event
Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity

Hudson Institute hosted a lively discussion of Research Fellow Samuel Tadros's new book __Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity

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Featured Speakers:
Samuel Tadros
Robert Satloff
Nina Shea
08
February 2011
Past Event
Egypt, Its Revolution and Future: How Should the U.S. Respond?
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Douglas J. Feith
Paul Marshall
Lee Smith
Samuel Tadros
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08
February 2011
Past Event
Egypt, Its Revolution and Future: How Should the U.S. Respond?

With Mubarak's reign in Egypt all but over, policy makers in the U.S. and around the globe are seeking to understand why Egypt's government proved so

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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Douglas J. Feith
Paul Marshall
Lee Smith
Samuel Tadros
Egyptian demonstrators clash with Egyptian police in central Cairo during a protest to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on January 25, 2011. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/GettyImages)
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Egyptian demonstrators clash with Egyptian police in central Cairo during a protest to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on January 25, 2011. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/GettyImages)
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Egyptians wave national flags in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won Egypt's presidential election. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptians wave national flags in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won Egypt's presidential election. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
Former Senior Fellow
Commentary
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A defaced poster on Israel's Star of David symbol shows Egypt's presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq looking like late Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan in Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square on June 23, 2012. (MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/GettyImages)
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A defaced poster on Israel's Star of David symbol shows Egypt's presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq looking like late Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan in Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square on June 23, 2012. (MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/GettyImages)
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Former Senior Fellow
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