Tackling the Uyghur Forced Labor Challenge

June 2024

Past Event

Tackling the Uyghur Forced Labor Challenge

Past Event

Hudson Institute

June 13, 2024

An alleged detention facility in Artux in Kizilsu Prefecture in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region on July 19, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images)

June 2024

Past Event

Speakers:

Eric Choy

Executive Director, Trade Remedy Enforcement, Office of Trade, Customs and Border Protection

Kalbinur Gheni

Uyghur Rights Advocate

John Pickel

Senior Director, International Supply Chain Policy, National Foreign Trade Council

Scott Flipse

Director of Policy and Media Relations, Congressional-Executive Commission on China

Moderator:

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The Chinese Communist Party operates the largest state-run forced labor program in the world, enslaving an estimated 3 million Uyghurs. Exploitation of that scale and scope cannot continue without robust condemnation and a swift response. That’s why Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) in December 2021. This landmark legislation aims to stop goods produced with Uyghur forced labor from entering the United States and ultimately stop Uyghur forced labor from happening in the first place.

More than two years after the law’s passage, enough time has passed to evaluate the UFLPA’s strengths and weaknesses. Join Hudson for a discussion on how the US and its partners can best strengthen efforts to tackle and combat Uyghur forced labor.

December 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Authoritarians in the Academy: How Adversaries Infiltrate Higher Education to Threaten Free Speech and National Security

Featured Speakers:

Sarah McLaughlin

Michael Sobolik

December 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Authoritarians in the Academy: How Adversaries Infiltrate Higher Education to Threaten Free Speech and National Security

Join Senior Fellow Michael Sobolik for a conversation with Sarah McLaughlin, a senior scholar at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, about her recent book on this subject, Authoritarians in the Academy.

Featured Speakers:

Sarah McLaughlin

Michael Sobolik

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December 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The View from Riga with Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže

Featured Speakers:

Baiba Braže

Peter Rough

December 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

The View from Riga with Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže

To discuss the future of Latvian foreign policy, Peter Rough will welcome Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Baiba Braže back to Hudson for a fireside chat.

Featured Speakers:

Baiba Braže

Peter Rough

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December 2025

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Moldova’s Euro-Atlantic Path: Regional Security, Energy Opportunity, and Democratic Resilience

Featured Speakers:

Mihai Popșoi

Igor Grosu

Leah Kieff

Moderator:

Luke Coffey

December 2025

Past Event

Moldova’s Euro-Atlantic Path: Regional Security, Energy Opportunity, and Democratic Resilience

Hudson’s Luke Coffey will host Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihai Popșoi, Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Igor Grosu, and Center for Strategic and International Studies Senior Associate Leah Kieff to examine the current political, security, and geopolitical situation in Moldova and the region going forward.

Featured Speakers:

Mihai Popșoi

Igor Grosu

Leah Kieff

Moderator:

Luke Coffey

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December 2025

Past Event

Taiwan’s Security and the US-Japan Alliance: An Interview with Representative Yasutaka Nakasone

Featured Speakers:

Representative Yasutaka Nakasone

Riley Walters

December 2025

Past Event

Taiwan’s Security and the US-Japan Alliance: An Interview with Representative Yasutaka Nakasone

After visiting Taiwan twice this year, Representative Nakasone will join Hudson to discuss the US-Japan alliance, how Washington and Tokyo should think about a Taiwan contingency, ways Japan and Taiwan can increase cooperation, and what Japan should do to bolster its own defense capabilities.