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07
March 2024
Past Event
Aiding America’s Frontline Allies: The View from Israel and Ukraine with Secretary Mike Pompeo
Featured Speakers:
Michael R. Pompeo
Michael Doran
The Israeli flag flies in front of the Lviv Regional State Administration building as a sign of solidarity with the Israeli people on October 13, 2023, in Lviv, Ukraine. (Photo by Les Kasyanov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
07
March 2024
Past Event
Aiding America’s Frontline Allies: The View from Israel and Ukraine with Secretary Mike Pompeo

Mike Pompeo will sit down with Michael Doran to discuss how America return to a position of global strength.

The Israeli flag flies in front of the Lviv Regional State Administration building as a sign of solidarity with the Israeli people on October 13, 2023, in Lviv, Ukraine. (Photo by Les Kasyanov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael R. Pompeo
Michael Doran
29
February 2024
Past Event
The Day after the War in Gaza: A Palestinian State?
Featured Speakers:
Dan Diker
Yossi Kuperwasser
Michael Doran
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shake hands prior to a meeting at the Muqata, the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on November 30, 2023. (Photo by Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
29
February 2024
Past Event
The Day after the War in Gaza: A Palestinian State?

Join Hudson for a conversation on what US recognition of a Palestinian state could mean in the region and beyond.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shake hands prior to a meeting at the Muqata, the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on November 30, 2023. (Photo by Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Dan Diker
Yossi Kuperwasser
Michael Doran
23
February 2024
Past Event
The World Before and After October 7: A Conversation with MK Simcha Rothman
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
MK Simcha Rothman
The image of rescued Israeli-Argentinian hostage Louis Har with the word "rescued" written on it outside the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv on February 12, 2024 (Oren Ziv/AFP via Getty Images)
23
February 2024
Past Event
The World Before and After October 7: A Conversation with MK Simcha Rothman
The image of rescued Israeli-Argentinian hostage Louis Har with the word "rescued" written on it outside the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv on February 12, 2024 (Oren Ziv/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
MK Simcha Rothman
12
February 2024
Past Event
Israel at War: A Conversation with Gadi Taub
Featured Speakers:
Gadi Taub
Michael Doran
People walk with photos of people killed on the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel's south during a memorial event held by families of victims on February 7, 2024, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
12
February 2024
Past Event
Israel at War: A Conversation with Gadi Taub
People walk with photos of people killed on the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel's south during a memorial event held by families of victims on February 7, 2024, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Gadi Taub
Michael Doran
19
December 2023
Past Event
The Rise of Russia-Iran Partnership
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Bryan Clark
Can Kasapoğlu
Iranian and Russian navies attend a joint military exercise in the Arabian Sea and north of the Indian Ocean on February 17, 2021. (Iranian Army/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
19
December 2023
Past Event
The Rise of Russia-Iran Partnership
Iranian and Russian navies attend a joint military exercise in the Arabian Sea and north of the Indian Ocean on February 17, 2021. (Iranian Army/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Bryan Clark
Can Kasapoğlu
09
November 2023
Past Event
The Israel-Hamas War: A Conversation with Seventieth Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Featured Speakers:
Michael R. Pompeo
Michael Doran
An Israeli army M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on October 11, 2023. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)
09
November 2023
Past Event
The Israel-Hamas War: A Conversation with Seventieth Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Join Hudson for a discussion with Distinguished Fellow Michael R. Pompeo on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war’s place in the Iranian strategy to undermine the United States.

An Israeli army M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on October 11, 2023. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael R. Pompeo
Michael Doran
27
October 2023
Past Event
Israel’s Wartime Budget
Featured Speakers:
Noach Hacker
Michael Doran
Israeli soldiers in an armored vehicle in Sderot, Israel, on October 24, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
27
October 2023
Past Event
Israel’s Wartime Budget

Join Hudson Senior Fellow Michael Doran for a discussion on the IDF’s budget during the Israel-Hamas war with Noach Hacker, the minister of economic affairs representing Israel’s Ministry of Finance.

Israeli soldiers in an armored vehicle in Sderot, Israel, on October 24, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Noach Hacker
Michael Doran
25
October 2023
Past Event
Target Tehran
Featured Speakers:
Jonathan Schachter
Yonah Jeremy Bob
Members of an Iranian Army honor guard stand next to Iran's flags during a military parade marking Iran's Army Day anniversary near the Imam Khomeini shrine in the south of Tehran on April 18, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
25
October 2023
Past Event
Target Tehran

Join Hudson Senior Fellow Jonathan Schachter for a discussion with Israel-based journalist Yonah Jeremy Bob on his new book, coauthored with Ilan Evyatar, Target Tehran

Members of an Iranian Army honor guard stand next to Iran's flags during a military parade marking Iran's Army Day anniversary near the Imam Khomeini shrine in the south of Tehran on April 18, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Jonathan Schachter
Yonah Jeremy Bob
18
October 2023
Past Event
The Arab Oil Embargo 50 Years Later: Lessons Learned and Missed Opportunities
Featured Speakers:
Mike Sommers
Arthur Herman
Jonathan Schachter
Robert Heyat
Brigham McCown
Lucian Pugliaresi
Jack Spencer
Thomas J. Duesterberg
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18
October 2023
Past Event
The Arab Oil Embargo 50 Years Later: Lessons Learned and Missed Opportunities

Energy experts explore why the 1973 oil embargo mattered, why it continues to matter, and what lessons it offers policymakers today.

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Featured Speakers:
Mike Sommers
Arthur Herman
Jonathan Schachter
Robert Heyat
Brigham McCown
Lucian Pugliaresi
Jack Spencer
Thomas J. Duesterberg
09
October 2023
Past Event
Analysis of the Israel-Hamas War
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Can Kasapoğlu
Jonathan Schachter
A missile explodes in Gaza City during an Israeli air strike on October 8, 2023. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
09
October 2023
Past Event
Analysis of the Israel-Hamas War

Join Hudson Senior Fellows Michael Doran, Jonathan Schacter, and Can Kasapoğlu for an analysis of the Hamas raid on Israel.

A missile explodes in Gaza City during an Israeli air strike on October 8, 2023. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Can Kasapoğlu
Jonathan Schachter
04
October 2023
Past Event
The Crisis between Azerbaijan and Armenia: A Conversation with Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Michael Doran
Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov
Azerbaijani servicemen stand guard at the Lachin checkpoint on October 1, 2023. (Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)
04
October 2023
Past Event
The Crisis between Azerbaijan and Armenia: A Conversation with Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov

Hudson Senior Fellows Michael Doran and Luke Coffey host a discussion with Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov, representative of the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan on special assignments.

Azerbaijani servicemen stand guard at the Lachin checkpoint on October 1, 2023. (Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Luke Coffey
Michael Doran
Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov
31
May 2023
Past Event
Erdoğan Victorious
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Yusuf Erim
Svante E. Cornell
Colonel (retired) Rich Outzen, PhD
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31
May 2023
Past Event
Erdoğan Victorious

Please join Hudson Senior Fellow Michael Doran as he moderates a discussion with a panel of experts on Turkish politics to unpack what this decisive victory means for US-Turkey relations, the war in Ukraine, and the balance of power in the Middle East.

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Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Yusuf Erim
Svante E. Cornell
Colonel (retired) Rich Outzen, PhD