Hudson Institute Events Podcast

• Domestic Politics, the US-Japan Alliance, and Tokyo’s Global Role Bipartisan Views from the Diet

  Japan’s first minority government in three decades faces dynamic domestic and international challenges. For Tokyo to navigate these major security, diplomatic, and economic issues, policymakers will need to understand perspectives from across the Japanese political spectrum.Japan Chair Kenneth R. Weinstein will moderate a bipartisan panel featuring Japanese Diet members: Itsunori Onodera, Shinijiro Koizumi, and Kimi Onoda of the Liberal Democratic Party; and Koichiro Gemba of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. They will discuss how the Japanese government should approach domestic political questions, its partnership with America, and Japan’s role in the world.

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• Ambassador François Zimeray on the Arbitrary Detention of Boualem Sansal

  Boualem Sansal, a French Algerian author arbitrarily detained in Algeria, has long criticized political Islam and state-sponsored antisemitism in the country. For years, the Algerian regime harassed him for his activism, including a courageous visit to Israel. Since his November 2024 arrest, which has drawn widespread international condemnation, Sansal’s situation has worsened. He has been held in inhumane conditions and fallen gravely ill.François Zimeray, an international human rights lawyer and former French ambassador for human rights, is Sansal’s legal counsel. But Algeria has repeatedly denied Ambassador Zimeray entry into the country and targeted him in an antisemitic smear campaign.With Research Fellow Zineb Riboua, Ambassador Zimeray will examine the legal, political, and strategic implications of Sansal’s detention and what it reveals about freedom of expression under authoritarian regimes.

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• Central and Eastern Europe Strategy Summit 2025

  Hudson Institute’s Center on Europe and Eurasia will host its third Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Strategy Summit. Timed to coincide with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings, the conference will give senior CEE and European Union officials an opportunity to discuss the business and economic climate of their region with an American audience.The summit also aims to reinforce ties between the United States and its Eastern European allies. While this year’s discussion will once again focus on geoeconomics, there will be an added emphasis on the importance of financing defense investment. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Hudson Institute’s Walter P. Stern Chair, will give the keynote address.Hudson thanks the Czech PPF Group for making this summit possible.Learn more: https://www.hudson.org/events/central...0:00 | Opening Remarks Maria Luís Albuquerque, Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union, European Commission19:18 | A View from BelgradeAna Ivković, Vice-Governor, National Bank of Serbia44:35 | Central Europe as an Economic EngineDr. Lars-Hendrik Röller, Founder & Chair, Berlin Global Dialogue, former Chief Economic Advisor to Chancellor Merkel and G7/G20 SherpaPeter Rough, Director and Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute1:30:22 | Panel Discussion: Bolstering European Resilience Through InvestmentH.E. Dr. Anca Dragu, Governor of the National Bank of MoldovaH.E. Dr. Bogdan Ivan, Minister of Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship and Tourism, RomaniaAmb. Tomáš Pojar, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, former Czech Ambassador to IsraelH.E. Barna Tánczos, Minister of Finance, RomaniaModeratorMatthew Boyse, Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute2:36:59 | Lunch Discussion: The Transatlantic Partnership in a New EraAmb. Nikki R. Haley, Walter P. Stern Chair, Hudson InstituteJan Růžička, Chief External Affairs Officer, PPF GroupPeter Rough, Director and Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute3:15:21 | Ukraine as a Source of Economic and Security DynamismH.E. Dr. Yuriy Heletiy, Deputy Governor, National Bank of UkraineH.E. Dr. Olga Zykova, Deputy Finance Minister, UkraineLuke Coffey, Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute

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• Economic Security and NATO Cohesion: A Conversation with Jens Stoltenberg

  Join Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg for a conversation with Hudson Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs. Minister Stoltenberg will provide remarks about the nexus between security and economic strength from a Norwegian perspective. Then he and Dr. Heinrichs will discuss the security environment for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the importance of economic security and alliance cohesion.

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• The Situation in Afghanistan and America’s Interests in the Region

  As the security situation in Afghanistan deteriorates, the Trump administration should reassess America’s approach to the country and US strategic posture in the region. At Hudson, General Jack Keane (Ret.) will deliver a keynote address. Then a panel of experts will discuss the future of Afghanistan and US interests in South and Central Asia.

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