Recent Events
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Tensions in the South China Sea
In a June 27 discussion at the Center, Abraham Denmark, Vice President of the National Bureau of Asian Research, and Dan Blumenthal, Director of Asian Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, evaluated deterrence and assurance strategies in dealing with expansion in the South China Sea. Harry Kazianis, Managing Editor of The National Interest magazine, moderated.
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Ambassador Cui Tiankai on the U.S. and China
H.E. Cui Tiankai, China’s Ambassador to the United States, assessed relations between the United States and China as well as security in the Asia Pacific region in an off-the-record lunchtime event at the Center on June 20. Center Vice Chairman and former Under Secretary of Defense Dov S. Zakheim moderated.
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Robert Kaplan on Instability in the Pacific
Robert Kaplan broke down the geopolitics of China’s rise in a June 19 luncheon discussion at the Center. Kaplan, chief geopolitical analyst at Stratfor and correspondent for the Atlantic, also considered the roles of Japan, India, and American foreign policy on stability in Asia. General Charles G. Boyd (USAF, Ret.), the chairman of the Center’s
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Europe’s Elections and Politics
On June 5, 2014, Hans Stein, Director of International Political Dialogue with European Institutions and North America at the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung Foundation, described the breakdown of the institutions and political parties in the recent European Union elections as well as the “clash of institutions” over the upcoming election for EU Commission President. Jacob Heilbrunn
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Russia, Europe, China, and Energy
On June 4, at the Center for the National Interest, Edward C. Chow, Senior Fellow in Energy and National Security for Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Andreas Goldthau, Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, shared their perspectives on European energy security after the Ukraine crisis. Paul Saunders, the Center’s Executive Director, moderated the event.
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