Addressing Threats to Digital Rights in Hong Kong

November 2024

Past Event

Addressing Threats to Digital Rights in Hong Kong

Past Event

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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

�� 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.

June 2025

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Unbroken: One Uyghur’s Fight for Freedom with Rushan Abbas

Featured Speakers:

Rushan Abbas

Dean Baxendale

Damon Wilson

Moderator:

Olivia Enos

June 2025

In-Person Event | ��

Unbroken: One Uyghur’s Fight for Freedom with Rushan Abbas

Join Hudson for a discussion of the book and the ways the United States and other countries can support the Uyghur people in their time of need.

Featured Speakers:

Rushan Abbas

Dean Baxendale

Damon Wilson

Moderator:

Olivia Enos

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May 2025

Past Event

US-China Rivalry in the Middle East Conference

Featured Speakers:

Senator Ted Cruz

Congressman Kevin Hern

Elliott Abrams

Michael Doran

Mary Kissel

Bernard Haykel

Joshua Meservey

John Lee

Aaron MacLean

Ray Takeyh

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Jonathan Hessen

Joel Scanlon

Jason Hsu

Dan Blumenthal

Michael Sobolik

Garrett Exner

Ilan Berman

Mike Watson

Moderators:

Liel Leibovitz

Zineb Riboua

Ethan Gutman

Adhwaa Alsaleh

Daniel Samet

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.

Featured Speakers:

Senator Ted Cruz

Congressman Kevin Hern

Elliott Abrams

Michael Doran

Mary Kissel

Bernard Haykel

Joshua Meservey

John Lee

Aaron MacLean

Ray Takeyh

Thomas J. Duesterberg

Jonathan Hessen

Joel Scanlon

Jason Hsu

Dan Blumenthal

Michael Sobolik

Garrett Exner

Ilan Berman

Mike Watson

Moderators:

Liel Leibovitz

Zineb Riboua

Ethan Gutman

Adhwaa Alsaleh

Daniel Samet

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May 2025

Past Event

Time Change | Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West

Featured Speakers:

Josh Hammer

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

May 2025

Past Event

Time Change | Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West

Join Keystone Defense Initiative Director Rebeccah Heinrichs for a conversation with Hammer about the book and the future of US-Israel relations.

Featured Speakers:

Josh Hammer

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

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May 2025

Past Event

The Rt. Hon. Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP on How the West Can Overcome the Totalitarian Axis

Featured Speakers:

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

Daniel Kochis

May 2025

Past Event

The Rt. Hon. Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP on How the West Can Overcome the Totalitarian Axis

Join Hudson for a discussion with Sir Iain on the economic, political, and security measures the US and its allies need to take to defeat the rising authoritarian axis.