FCC
Simington Lands at Hudson Institute
Former Republican FCC Commissioner joins conservative think tank.
Broadband Live
Legal Experts Warn of Looming Supreme Court Reckoning
The panel took place following President Trump’s efforts to remove sitting Democratic commissioners from the FTC.
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on April 23, 2025 - Are Independent Agencies Constitutional?
Is the long-established structure of an independent agency a safe option anymore?
5G Wireless
Meeting A National Security Challenge: The Race To GPS Resiliency
The lack of a backup to GPS is one of the U.S.’s biggest national security risks.
USF
Former FCC Commissioner O’Rielly Working on USF ‘Patch’
Supreme Court to rule later this year if USF's funding mechanism is unconstitutional.
Chips
Broadband Breakfast on January 22, 2025 - Recapping the State of the CHIPS Act
With a Republican-controlled House, questions remain about its long-term impact and viability.
Public Safety
FCC’s Simington Raises GPS Security Concerns
Simington urged the FCC to address security risks tied to foreign GPS alternatives.
IRA
Former National Security Advisor Warns of American Semiconductor Weakness Against China
The semiconductor industry in America is vulnerable, warned a former National Security Advisor.
Chips
Semiconductor Supply Chain Control is Critical, But Export Restrictions May Hurt U.S. Companies, Event Hears
The CHIPS and Science Act, while a good step, should not preclude developing a secure supply chain with other countries.
Nathan Simington
Spectrum Decisions Becoming Increasingly Important for Future: FCC’s Simington
FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington said focus on spectrum decision will become increasingly important for digital success.
FCC
Former FCC Commissioners Reflect on Changes Since 1996 Telecommunications Act
February 9, 2021 – As 2021 marks the 25-yearanniversary of the Telecommunications Act, former Federal Communications Commissioners Mike O’Rielly and Harold Furchtgott-Roth reminisced Monday on their time in Congress as staff members when the law was passed. The Hudson Institute hosted the conversati
China
America Thought Economic Liberalization Would Mean Political Liberalization, But Not China
December 4, 2020 – The United States has misunderstood the China Challenge, according to Peter Berkowitz, director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff in the office of the Secretary. America believed that economic liberalization would mean political liberalization, but Chinese leaders ov
FCC
Huawei is a Serial Intellectual Property Thief, Says FBI Director Christopher Wray
July 7, 2020 — Huawei has repeatedly stolen American technology and is a “serial intellectual property thief,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday. Speaking in a Hudson Institute webinar, Wray claimed that China severely threatens America’s technology companies and intelligence agencies. “
UC Santa Barbara
U.S. Progress on AI and Quantum Computing Will Best China, Says CTO Michael Kratsios
WASHINGTON, February 21, 2020 – U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios expressed confidence in the supremacy of the U.S.’s artificial intelligence and quantum computing programs over China’s, in a talk at the Hudson Institute on Thursday. United States research on AI and quantum computing fe
EU
Belt and Road Initiative Featured as Hudson Institute Panelists Debate China’s Economic Sustainability
WASHINGTON, February 18, 2020 – Panelist and Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute Nicholas Lardy sparred with Hudson Institute Senior Fellow John Lee on Tuesday over Lee’s recently published reports on China’s economy. As opposed to China’s communist party’s past approach to un
Broadband's Impact
AI Likely to Bring Changes to Warfare, Including Potential De-escalation of Military Conflict, Say Panelists
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2019 – The development of artificial intelligence will bring extreme changes to the future of warfare, a panel of scientists said Thursday, calling the impact of current advances analogous to the development of agriculture or the domestication of the horse. The panel was hosted b
