Mike Watson

Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft

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Mike Watson is a fellow and deputy director of Hudson Institute’s Center for Strategy and American Statecraft.

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Mike Watson is a fellow and deputy director of Hudson Institute’s Center for Strategy and American Statecraft. He holds a BA in history from the University of Virginia and an MA in security policy studies from George Washington University. He writes weekly for the Washington Free Beacon about foreign affairs, and his written work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Commentary, Tablet, and National Affairs. His research focuses on America’s competitive advantages against foreign adversaries and the historical roots of American foreign policy and strategic thought.

 

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May 2025
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US-China Rivalry in the Middle East Conference
Featured Speakers:
Senator Ted Cruz
Congressman Kevin Hern
Elliott Abrams
Ray Takeyh
Dan Blumenthal
Ilan Berman
Moderators:
Ethan Gutman
Adhwaa Alsaleh
Daniel Samet
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22
May 2025
Past Event
US-China Rivalry in the Middle East Conference

Former policymakers and leading national security experts will join Hudson to assess how China’s growing influence is reshaping the regional order—and how the US should respond.

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Featured Speakers:
Senator Ted Cruz
Congressman Kevin Hern
Elliott Abrams
Ray Takeyh
Dan Blumenthal
Ilan Berman
Moderators:
Ethan Gutman
Adhwaa Alsaleh
Daniel Samet
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16
May 2024
Past Event
Planning to Win: An Analysis of US Strategy | Political Studies Policy Certificate Program
Featured Speakers:
Peter Campbell
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16
May 2024
Past Event
Planning to Win: An Analysis of US Strategy | Political Studies Policy Certificate Program
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Featured Speakers:
Peter Campbell
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks on stage during the closing campaign session of the FIDESZ party, in Szekesfehervar, Hungary on April 1, 2022. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/ AFP via Getty Images)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks on stage during the closing campaign session of the FIDESZ party, in Szekesfehervar, Hungary on April 1, 2022. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/ AFP via Getty Images)
Hungary’s Real Significance
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Commentary
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The leaders of the Big Three meeting at Potsdam, (from left) British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), American President Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972) and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (1879 - 1953), Germany, 2nd August 1945. (Photo by Imagno/
The leaders of the Big Three meeting at Potsdam, (from left) British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), American President Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972) and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (1879 - 1953), Germany, 2nd August 1945. (Photo by Imagno/
The Past Offers a Way Forward on Foreign Policy
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Mike Watson
Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft
Mike Watson
Commentary
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech as he visits the National Space Centre construction site in Moscow on February 27, 2022. (Photo by Sergei Guneyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech as he visits the National Space Centre construction site in Moscow on February 27, 2022. (Photo by Sergei Guneyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
Putin Has Told Us What He Fears
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Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft
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Commentary
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends on day three of COP26 on November 02, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends on day three of COP26 on November 02, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
Passage Through India
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Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft
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Commentary
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A U.S. Chinook military helicopter flies above the US embassy in Kabul on August 15, 2021. Several hundred employees of the US embassy in Kabul have been evacuated from Afghanistan, a US defense official said on August 15, 2021, as the Taliban entered the
A U.S. Chinook military helicopter flies above the US embassy in Kabul on August 15, 2021. Several hundred employees of the US embassy in Kabul have been evacuated from Afghanistan, a US defense official said on August 15, 2021, as the Taliban entered the
A Case for Foreign Policy Reform
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Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft
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Commentary
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