Jason Hsu

Senior Fellow

Hsu

At A Glance:

Jason Hsu is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute.

Biography

Jason Hsu is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, where he focuses on the United States’ technological cooperation with allies and partners.

From 2016 to 2020, Mr. Hsu served as legislator-at-large in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan (the national parliament) where he focused on defense, technology, trade, and foreign policy. Previously, he was an Edward Mason Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He was also a visiting scholar at the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School where he led a research team in designing a war game on a Taiwan Strait blockade contingency.

Mr. Hsu has lectured widely at colleges and universities, including the University of Toronto, University of California San Diego, IE University, the US Naval War College, Yale University, the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, University of California Berkeley, and Stanford University.

Mr. Hsu was a recipient of the Eisenhower Fellowship in 2022 and was a Draper Hills Summer Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Democracy Development and Rule of Law. He was a fellow of the US State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program in 2019.

Mr. Hsu received an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a BA from National Chengchi University.

Events
03
November 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Congressman Rich McCormick on Securing American AI Leadership
Featured Speakers:
Congressman Rich McCormick
Jason Hsu
Representative Rich McCormick speaks during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on January 11, 2024. (Getty Images)
03
November 2025
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
Congressman Rich McCormick on Securing American AI Leadership

Senior Fellow Jason Hsu will host Congressman Rich McCormick (R-GA), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee and a former member of the bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, for a conversation on securing American AI leadership.

Representative Rich McCormick speaks during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on January 11, 2024. (Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Congressman Rich McCormick
Jason Hsu
04
September 2025
Past Event
The Digital Front Line: Building a Cyber-Resilient Taiwan
Featured Speakers:
Jason Hsu
Congressman Rob Wittman
Admiral (Ret.) Legislator Richard YK Chen
Dr. Anshu Roy
Joseph Saunders
taiwan flag cyber
04
September 2025
Past Event
The Digital Front Line: Building a Cyber-Resilient Taiwan

Join Hudson Senior Fellow Jason Hsu for a discussion with Congressman Rob Wittman on the role of cyber resilience in the defense of Taiwan.

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Featured Speakers:
Jason Hsu
Congressman Rob Wittman
Admiral (Ret.) Legislator Richard YK Chen
Dr. Anshu Roy
Joseph Saunders
28
July 2025
Past Event
David Petraeus on What Taiwan Can Learn from Ukraine’s Battlefield Experience
Featured Speakers:
Kenneth R. Weinstein
General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.)
Moderator:
Jason Hsu
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28
July 2025
Past Event
David Petraeus on What Taiwan Can Learn from Ukraine’s Battlefield Experience

General David H. Petraeus (US Army, ret.) will join Hudson’s Jason Hsu for a conversation about what the war in Ukraine has revealed about the future of warfare—and what these lessons mean for Taiwanese security.

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Featured Speakers:
Kenneth R. Weinstein
General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.)
Moderator:
Jason Hsu
22
July 2025
Past Event
How Trump’s Tariffs Will Affect US-Taiwan Relations
Featured Speakers:
Chang-Tai Hsieh
John Deng
Brad Setser
Riley Walters
Moderator:
Jason Hsu
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22
July 2025
Past Event
How Trump’s Tariffs Will Affect US-Taiwan Relations

Join Hudson for a panel discussion with American and Taiwanese experts and former policymakers on how Taiwan can navigate economic headwinds, realign its trade strategy, and strengthen its resilience in the face of the rising Chinese threat.

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Featured Speakers:
Chang-Tai Hsieh
John Deng
Brad Setser
Riley Walters
Moderator:
Jason Hsu