Addressing Threats to Digital Rights in Hong Kong

November 2024

Past Event

Addressing Threats to Digital Rights in Hong Kong

Past Event

Hudson Institute

November 13, 2024

An electronics shop employee in Hong Kong on October 18, 2017, looks at television sets showing a news report on China's President Xi Jinping's speech at the opening session of the Chinese Communist Party's five-yearly Congress. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)

November 2024

Past Event

Speakers:

Ambassador Derek Mitchell

Senior Advisor, Office of the President, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Anouk Wear

Research and Policy Advisor (USA), Hong Kong Watch

Yaqiu Wang

Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Freedom House

Joey Siu

Hong Kong Activist

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Hudson Institute is pleased to host the launch of Hong Kong Watch’s latest report, Invisible Decline: Violations of Digital Rights in Hong Kong and Their Impact. In the report, Anouk Wear examines how digital rights in Hong Kong have declined amid the Chinese government’s crackdown and what the United States and the international community can do to defend freedom in Hong Kong. Join Hudson for an expert panel event that will discuss the report and its implications.

February 2026

In-Person Event | Invite Only

Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Yeaw on the End of the New START Treaty

Featured Speakers:

Christopher Yeaw

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launcher in Moscow on May 9, 2025. (Getty Images)

February 2026

In-Person Event | Invite Only

Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Yeaw on the End of the New START Treaty

Join Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and Nonproliferation Dr. Christopher Yeaw for a discussion on strategic deterrence.

Featured Speakers:

Christopher Yeaw

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

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February 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The Economic Case for the US-Israel Partnership with Minister of Economic Affairs Noach Hacker

Featured Speaker:

Noach Hacker

Moderator:

Michael Doran

February 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The Economic Case for the US-Israel Partnership with Minister of Economic Affairs Noach Hacker

Featured Speaker:

Noach Hacker

Moderator:

Michael Doran

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February 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Toward a Stronger US-Taiwan Partnership: Unpacking the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade

Featured Speakers:

Rupert Hammond-Chambers

Bonnie Glaser

Moderator:

Riley Walters

February 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Toward a Stronger US-Taiwan Partnership: Unpacking the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade

Join Hudson for an expert panel on why these deals are so important for both nations, what they mean for the future of US supply chains, and what potential challenges remain for implementing these deals.

Featured Speakers:

Rupert Hammond-Chambers

Bonnie Glaser

Moderator:

Riley Walters

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February 2026

Past Event

Assistant Secretary of War Michael Cadenazzi on Rebooting America’s Defense Industrial Base

Featured Speakers:

Michael Cadenazzi

Nadia Schadlow

February 2026

Past Event

Assistant Secretary of War Michael Cadenazzi on Rebooting America’s Defense Industrial Base

Join Hudson for a conversation with Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy Michael Cadenazzi, who leads the DoW’s efforts to develop and maintain the US defense industrial base to secure critical national security supply chains.