

22
May 2025
Virtual Event | Invitation Only
US-China Rivalry in the Middle East Conference
Featured Speakers:
Senator Ted Cruz
Elliott Abrams
Michael Doran
Mary Kissel
Bernard Haykel
Joshua Meservey
John Lee
Aaron MacLean
Ray Takeyh
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Ellie Cohanim
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

22
May 2025
Virtual Event | Invitation Only
US-China Rivalry in the Middle East Conference
Former policymakers and leading national security experts will join Hudson to assess how China鈥檚 growing influence is reshaping the regional order鈥攁nd how the US should respond.

Featured Speakers:
Senator Ted Cruz
Elliott Abrams
Michael Doran
Mary Kissel
Bernard Haykel
Joshua Meservey
John Lee
Aaron MacLean
Ray Takeyh
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Ellie Cohanim
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
03
April 2025
Past Event
Regional Power Competition in the Horn of Africa
Featured Speakers:
Rashid Abdi
Alan Boswell
Asher Lubotzky
Moderator:
Joshua Meservey

03
April 2025
Past Event
Regional Power Competition in the Horn of Africa
In this episode, experts discuss what regional powers such as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, T眉rkiye, and Qatar are doing in the Horn, their strategies and motivations, and the impact they might have on the region.

Featured Speakers:
Rashid Abdi
Alan Boswell
Asher Lubotzky
Moderator:
Joshua Meservey
01
April 2025
Past Event
Great Power Competition in the Horn of Africa
Featured Speakers:
Ebenezer Obadare
Moshe Terdiman
Joshua Meservey

01
April 2025
Past Event
Great Power Competition in the Horn of Africa
Experts discuss what large powers such as the United States, China, and Russia are doing in the Horn, their strategies and motivations, and the impact they might have on the region.

Featured Speakers:
Ebenezer Obadare
Moshe Terdiman
Joshua Meservey
17
October 2024
Past Event
Africa in the New Cold War
Featured Speakers:
Joshua Meservey
Cameron Hudson
Aaron Zelin
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua

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