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Join Hudson for a discussion with Distinguished Fellow Michael R. Pompeo on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war’s place in the Iranian strategy to undermine the United States.
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![Israeli soldiers in an armored vehicle in Sderot, Israel, on October 24, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1742373463.jpg?itok=nSlWjQDi)
![Members of an Iranian Army honor guard stand next to Iran's flags during a military parade marking Iran's Army Day anniversary near the Imam Khomeini shrine in the south of Tehran on April 18, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1251974102.jpg?itok=WUbX_CC5)
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Energy experts explore why the 1973 oil embargo mattered, why it continues to matter, and what lessons it offers policymakers today.
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![Azerbaijani servicemen stand guard at the Lachin checkpoint on October 1, 2023. (Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1700616366.jpg?itok=E1uxvqnw)
Hudson Senior Fellows Michael Doran and Luke Coffey host a discussion with Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov, representative of the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan on special assignments.
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Please join Hudson Senior Fellow Michael Doran as he moderates a discussion with a panel of experts on Turkish politics to unpack what this decisive victory means for US-Turkey relations, the war in Ukraine, and the balance of power in the Middle East.
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![An Israeli flag blows in the wind from an elevated view of the Western Wall. Jewish orthodox believers read the Torah and pray facing the Western Wall, also known as Wailing Wall or Kotel in Old City in Jerusalem, Israel. It is small segment of the structure which originally composed the western retaining wall of the Second Jewish Temple atop the hill known as the Temple Mount to Jews and Christians.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-04/GettyImages-1008822788.jpg?itok=Cmkl30eY)
In this event, panelists will share their insights about what to expect in and around Israel over the next 75 days and with an eye toward the next 75 years.
![An Israeli flag blows in the wind from an elevated view of the Western Wall. Jewish orthodox believers read the Torah and pray facing the Western Wall, also known as Wailing Wall or Kotel in Old City in Jerusalem, Israel. It is small segment of the structure which originally composed the western retaining wall of the Second Jewish Temple atop the hill known as the Temple Mount to Jews and Christians.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-04/GettyImages-1008822788.jpg?h=b2774bcf&itok=OW29kMCA)
![WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: (AFP OUT) U.S. President George W. Bush (R) walks on the colonnade with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama at the White House November 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. This is the first visit for Barack Obama to the White House before he is sworn into office as President of the United States. First lady Laura Bush took soon to be first lady Michelle Obama on a tour of the White House as the President and Mr. Obama walked along the colonnade to the Oval Office where they will have a meeti](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-04/GettyImages-83632616.jpg?itok=CoPSSCcm)
Join Hudson Institute for a discussion with the twentieth United States National Security Advisor, Stephen Hadley, on his new book,Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy George W. Bush Passed to Barack Obama.
![WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: (AFP OUT) U.S. President George W. Bush (R) walks on the colonnade with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama at the White House November 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. This is the first visit for Barack Obama to the White House before he is sworn into office as President of the United States. First lady Laura Bush took soon to be first lady Michelle Obama on a tour of the White House as the President and Mr. Obama walked along the colonnade to the Oval Office where they will have a meeti](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-04/GettyImages-83632616.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=jua5H4N0)
![President Joe Biden meets with China's President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 15, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-03/03.29.2023%20Doran%20Event_0.jpg?itok=OT7-Vgso)
When Chinese leader Xi Jinping brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the White House welcomed the news. According to the administration, reduced tensions between the Middle Eastern countries further the president’s long-stated goals and does not represent a significant change in China’s role in the region.
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Please join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Israel's Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Ofir Akunis and Executive Director of the Abraham Accords Peace Institute Robert Greenway, moderated by Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East Director Michael Doran.
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