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14
November 2024
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
The Future: On Energy, Change, Innovation, and Democracy | Czech and Slovak Freedom Lecture 2024
Featured Speakers:
Senator Miroslav Bárta
Colonel Otakar Foltýn
Peter Rough
People gather on November 17, 2019, in Bratislava, Slovakia, as part of the commemorations of the peaceful Velvet Revolution that toppled the Communist regime in former Czechoslovakia 30 years ago. (Vladimir Simicek/AFP via Getty Images)
14
November 2024
In-Person Event | Hudson Institute
The Future: On Energy, Change, Innovation, and Democracy | Czech and Slovak Freedom Lecture 2024

The Czech and Slovak Freedom Lecture was established in 2000 and is intended to commemorate the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. Additional information about the previous 24 lectures can be accessed on AFOCR’s website.

People gather on November 17, 2019, in Bratislava, Slovakia, as part of the commemorations of the peaceful Velvet Revolution that toppled the Communist regime in former Czechoslovakia 30 years ago. (Vladimir Simicek/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Senator Miroslav Bárta
Colonel Otakar Foltýn
Peter Rough
14
November 2024
Virtual Event | Online Only
100 Days of the Kursk Operation: What the US Can Do to Help Ukraine
Featured Speakers:
Can Kasapoğlu
Luke Coffey
Glib Voloskyi
Moderator:
Peter Rough
Ukrainian tank driving on September 16, 2024, in Kursk Region, Russia. (Oleg Palchyk via Getty Images)
14
November 2024
Virtual Event | Online Only
100 Days of the Kursk Operation: What the US Can Do to Help Ukraine

A distinguished panel of experts will assess the first 100 days of the Kursk operation and what to expect from the next US presidential administration.

Ukrainian tank driving on September 16, 2024, in Kursk Region, Russia. (Oleg Palchyk via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Can Kasapoğlu
Luke Coffey
Glib Voloskyi
Moderator:
Peter Rough
30
October 2024
Past Event
Washington Summit: 100-Day Report Card
Featured Speakers:
Jim Townsend
Daniel Kochis
Luke Coffey
The US and NATO flags hang on a building in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2024. (Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)
30
October 2024
Past Event
Washington Summit: 100-Day Report Card

More than 100 days later, Hudson experts will discuss how successful the alliance has been in implementing key decisions made at the 2024 summit. How does NATO’s support package for Ukraine look in light of the shifting dynamics on the ground in recent months? What do new NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s priorities tell us? How could the outcome of the US presidential election impact NATO? What are the opportunities and pitfalls for transatlantic relations in the near future?

The US and NATO flags hang on a building in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2024. (Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Jim Townsend
Daniel Kochis
Luke Coffey
29
October 2024
Past Event
Left Out in the Cold? Reviving US-Canada Relations
Featured Speakers:
Matthew Boyse
Dr. Christian Leuprecht
North American Aerospace Defense Command CF-18 Hornet flies in formation with a KC-135 Stratotanker after escorting a B-52 Stratofortress across Northern Alaska, June 18, 2024. (DVIDS)
29
October 2024
Past Event
Left Out in the Cold? Reviving US-Canada Relations

Join Senior Fellow Matt Boyse for a conversation with Professor Christian Leuprecht of the Royal Military College of Canada and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. They will take stock of the US-Canada relationship and evaluate its implications for security and prosperity in North America, the Euro-Atlantic, and the Indo-Pacific.

North American Aerospace Defense Command CF-18 Hornet flies in formation with a KC-135 Stratotanker after escorting a B-52 Stratofortress across Northern Alaska, June 18, 2024. (DVIDS)
Featured Speakers:
Matthew Boyse
Dr. Christian Leuprecht
17
September 2024
Past Event
Democratic Resilience, Economic Security, and Sanctions Enforcement in Europe
Featured Speakers:
Laura Kovesi
Martin Vladimirov
Isaac Levi
Ruslan Stefanov
Moderator:
Matthew Boyse
Gazprom's Amur Gas Processing Plant is shown near the town of Svobodny on September 13, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel/AFP via Getty Images)
17
September 2024
Past Event
Democratic Resilience, Economic Security, and Sanctions Enforcement in Europe

To discuss how to strengthen economic security and sanctions enforcement in Europe, Laura Kovesi, the EU public prosecutor, Martin Vladimirov, director of the Energy and Climate Program at the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) in Sofia, and Isaac Levi, Europe-Russia policy and energy analysis team lead at the Finland-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) will meet for a Hudson panel.

Gazprom's Amur Gas Processing Plant is shown near the town of Svobodny on September 13, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Laura Kovesi
Martin Vladimirov
Isaac Levi
Ruslan Stefanov
Moderator:
Matthew Boyse
16
September 2024
Past Event
A Conversation on Russian War Crimes with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk
Featured Speakers:
Matthew Boyse
Oleksandra Matviichuk
People clear rubble at a Ukrainian children's hospital which was partially destroyed by a Russian missile strike on July 8, 2024, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
16
September 2024
Past Event
A Conversation on Russian War Crimes with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk

To give an update on joint efforts to catalog Russian war crimes and to bring war criminals to justice, Matviichuk will join Senior Fellow Matt Boyse for a live conversation.

People clear rubble at a Ukrainian children's hospital which was partially destroyed by a Russian missile strike on July 8, 2024, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Matthew Boyse
Oleksandra Matviichuk
09
August 2024
Past Event
Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion: What We Know So Far
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Can Kasapoğlu
Moderator:
Daniel Kochis
Ukrainian soldiers fire an artillery piece at their combat position in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
09
August 2024
Past Event
Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion: What We Know So Far

Join Hudson experts Luke Coffey and Can Kasapoğlu for a discussion on what the surprise Ukrainian incursion into Kursk could mean for the war.

Ukrainian soldiers fire an artillery piece at their combat position in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Can Kasapoğlu
Moderator:
Daniel Kochis
30
July 2024
Past Event
A Conversation on US-Azerbaijan Relations with Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov
Featured Speakers:
Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov
Luke Coffey
Michael Doran
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on May 10, 2024, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (Photo by Azerbaijani ForeignMinistry/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
30
July 2024
Past Event
A Conversation on US-Azerbaijan Relations with Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov

Hudson Senior Fellows Michael Doran and Luke Coffey host Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on May 10, 2024, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. (Photo by Azerbaijani ForeignMinistry/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov
Luke Coffey
Michael Doran
09
July 2024
Past Event
Postponed | A Conversation with Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popșoi ahead of the Washington Summit
Featured Speakers:
Mihai Popșoi
Luke Coffey
Daniel Kochis
Mihai Popoi delivers a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, on April 9, 2024. (Photo by John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images)
09
July 2024
Past Event
Postponed | A Conversation with Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popșoi ahead of the Washington Summit

Mihai Popșoi, the deputy prime minister and foreign minister of the Republic of Moldova, will sit down with Luke Coffey for a fireside chat about Moldova’s foreign policy and the Washington summit.

Mihai Popoi delivers a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, on April 9, 2024. (Photo by John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Mihai Popșoi
Luke Coffey
Daniel Kochis
09
July 2024
Past Event
A Conversation with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis ahead of the Washington Summit
Featured Speakers:
Gabrielius Landsbergis
Peter Rough
Tomas Janeliūnas
Gabrielius Landsbergis speaks during a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, on March 20, 2024. (Photo by Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
09
July 2024
Past Event
A Conversation with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis ahead of the Washington Summit

Please join Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis as he sits down with Senior Fellow Peter Rough on the eve of the Washington summit to discuss the prospects for Ukraine and the outlook for Lithuanian security. He will be introduced by Hudson Visiting Fellow Tomas Janeliūnas of Vilnius University.

Gabrielius Landsbergis speaks during a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, on March 20, 2024. (Photo by Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Gabrielius Landsbergis
Peter Rough
Tomas Janeliūnas
09
July 2024
Past Event
The Iran Threat to US-NATO Security
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Congressman Ted Deutch
Moderator:
Peter Rough
An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member carrying a Palestinian flag in downtown Tehran on April 29, 2022. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
09
July 2024
Past Event
The Iran Threat to US-NATO Security

Former Congressman Ted Deutch, the CEO of the American Jewish Committee, will join Hudson to discuss what NATO militaries can learn from Israel’s fight against Iran-backed militias, the implications of a nuclear Iran for Europe, Tehran’s role in the rise of antisemitism in the West, and why aiding Israel is an important step to dismantle the China–Russia–Iran–North Korea axis.

An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member carrying a Palestinian flag in downtown Tehran on April 29, 2022. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Congressman Ted Deutch
Moderator:
Peter Rough
28
June 2024
Past Event
Germany and the World: A Foreign Policy Conversation with State Secretary Thomas Bagger
Featured Speakers:
Thomas Bagger
Peter Rough
An F-16 fighter jet takes off from Schleswig-Holstein, Jagel, on June 11, 2024. (Photo by Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images)
28
June 2024
Past Event
Germany and the World: A Foreign Policy Conversation with State Secretary Thomas Bagger

Please join Senior Fellow Peter Rough as he welcomes Ambassador Bagger to Hudson for a discussion on Germany’s foreign and security outlook today.

An F-16 fighter jet takes off from Schleswig-Holstein, Jagel, on June 11, 2024. (Photo by Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Thomas Bagger
Peter Rough