China Prepares for War: A Timeline

July 2023

Past Event

China Prepares for War: A Timeline

Past Event

Hudson Institute

July 12, 2023

J-10 fighter jets of the Bayi Aerobatics Team of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force perform in the sky ahead of Changchun Air Show on August 23, 2022, in Changchun, China. (Photo by Zhang Hui/ VCG via Getty Images)

July 2023

Past Event

Speakers:

Kyle Bass

Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Hayman Capital Management and Member, China Center Advisory Board

Moderator:

Hon. Amb. Paula Dobriansky

Senior Fellow at the Future of Diplomacy Project, Harvard University and Member, China Center Advisory Board

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Please join Hudson Institute's China Center for a presentation by Kyle Bass on Xi Jinping’s preparation for war. Senior Fellow and Director of the China Center Miles Yu will introduce the event, and the Hon. Ambassador Paula Dobriansky will moderate the question and answer segment. A reception will follow.

About the Speaker:

J. Kyle Bass is a member of the China Center Advisory Board and the founder and chief investment officer of Hayman Capital Management, an investment manager of private funds focused on global event-driven opportunities. He is also the co-founder and chief executive officer of Conservation Equity Management, an environmental sustainability private equity firm founded in 2021.

September 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Defense Innovation and the New Cold War

Featured Speakers:

Senator Tom Cotton

Joe Londsdale

Shyam Sankar

Nadia Schadlow

Mackenzie Eaglen

Richard Berger

Moderators:

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Morgan D. Ortagus

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Bailey, a Small Unmanned Aerial System master trainer with the 1st Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment, sets up a TS-M800 II drone during Saber Junction 23 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center near Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 11, 2023. (DVIDS)

September 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Defense Innovation and the New Cold War

This threat environment is teaching American defense planners and policymakers hard lessons about the need to adapt and change the way the United States budgets, tests, acquires, and deploys new and existing weapon systems. Join Hudson for two panels that will discuss these lessons and why Washington urgently needs to apply them.

Featured Speakers:

Senator Tom Cotton

Joe Londsdale

Shyam Sankar

Nadia Schadlow

Mackenzie Eaglen

Richard Berger

Moderators:

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Morgan D. Ortagus

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September 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Preserving a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: A Conversation with Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ)

Featured Speakers:

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Representative Andy Kim

September 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Preserving a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: A Conversation with Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ)

Representative Andy Kim (D-NJ) will join Hudson Japan Chair Kenneth Weinstein to discuss how the United States can build on multilateral economic and security initiatives among allies like Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Featured Speakers:

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Representative Andy Kim

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September 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present

Featured Speakers:

Jonathan Ward

Dr. Donald Stoker

An antique illustration of Washington in Delaware. (Getty Images)

September 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Purpose and Power: US Grand Strategy from the Revolutionary Era to the Present

Join Hudson for a book talk with Dr. Stoker and Hudson’s Dr. Jonathan Ward on how America can learn from this history to meet the challenges ahead.

Featured Speakers:

Jonathan Ward

Dr. Donald Stoker

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September 2024

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The Future of US and Allied Hypersonic Missile Programs

Featured Speakers:

Major General Heather Pringle, USAF (Ret.), PhD

Congressman Doug Lamborn

Admiral James A. Winnefeld Jr., USN (Ret.)

Mike White

John Plumb

Congressman Don Bacon

Congressman Donald Norcross

Congressman Vince Fong

Moderators:

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

William Chou

Daniel McKivergan

A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. (DVIDS)

September 2024

Past Event

The Future of US and Allied Hypersonic Missile Programs

Join Hudson for a workshop with congressional, government, and industry officials to discuss the future of the American hypersonic missile program. The Space Foundation’s Major General Heather Pringle, United States Air Force (ret.), will introduce a keynote address from Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO). Then expert panels will discuss the future of hypersonic missile offense and defense and how members of Congress can build a bipartisan consensus about the vital US hypersonic missile program.