[WEBCAST] Executive Briefing | 2020 – A Year in Review

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How resilient has Asia-Pacific been to the challenges of 2020? What have been the effects of COVID-19 on the region’s economy, society, and geopolitics? How have tensions with China evolved and how will the results of the US election impact Asian countries?

As 2020 comes to an end, Asia Society Australia warmly invites you to a private briefing with Policy Director Richard Maude, Scholar-in-Residence Bates Gill, and Asia Society Policy Institute Vice President and Managing Director, Washington, D.C. Office, Wendy Cutler as we look back on this eventful year.

From the challenges facing the Australian economy to the decoupling of the United States and China, join us as we wrap up the year and reflect on how 2020 has altered our regional realities.

Date: Thursday 10 December 2020
Time: 9 - 9:45 a.m. AEDT

This event is open to the public. For any enquiries please contact: programaustralia@asiasociety.org.

About our Speakers

Wendy Cutler, Vice President and Managing Director, Washington, D.C. Office, Asia Society Policy Institute

Wendy Cutler joined the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) as vice president in November 2015. She also serves as the managing director of the Washington D.C. Office. In these roles, she focuses on building ASPI’s presence in Washington — strengthening its outreach as a think/do tank — and on leading initiatives that address challenges related to trade and investment, as well as women’s empowerment in Asia.

She joined ASPI following an illustrious career of nearly three decades as a diplomat and negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). Most recently she served as Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, working on a range of U.S. trade negotiations and initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region. In that capacity she was responsible for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, including the bilateral negotiations with Japan. She also was the chief negotiator to the U.S.-Korea (Korus) Free Trade Agreement.

Cutler received her master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and her bachelor’s degree from the George Washington University.

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Bates Gill, Professor of Asia-Pacific Security Studies, Macquarie University; Scholar-in-Residence, Asia Society Australia

Dr Bates Gill has a 30-year career as a scholar, policy advisor and author, focusing on Asia-Pacific politics, foreign policy and security, with a particular focus on China and U.S.-China relations. He has held leadership, research and academic positions with some of the world's leading institutions and universities, including the Brookings Institution, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Sydney, and the Australian National University.

He has published eight books and over 150 other publications, including most recently China Matters: Getting it Right for Australia (Black Inc/LaTrobe University Press, 2017)(with Linda Jakobson). His current research projects include a focus on the modernisation of Chinese strategic forces (nuclear, cyber, space) and how U.S. allies are balancing relations between a rising China and an uncertain America.

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Richard Maude, Executive Director, Policy, Asia Society Australia and Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute

Richard Maude is Executive Director of Policy at Asia Society Australia and a Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute. He is a former senior Australian government official with 30 years’ experience in foreign policy and national security.

From 2018 to 2019, Mr Maude was Deputy Secretary, Indo-Pacific Group, in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Australia’s senior official to the East Asia Summit.

In 2017, Mr Maude was head of the whole-of-government taskforce which supported the preparation of the Australian Government’s 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper.

Mr Maude was Director-General of the Office of National Assessments from May 2013 until November 2016. Before taking up this position, Mr Maude was the senior adviser on foreign policy and national security issues to Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

He has served overseas in Malaysia, where he was Deputy High Commissioner, Singapore and as the Liaison Officer for the Office of National Assessments in the Australian Embassy in Washington DC.

Mr Maude is a member of the Futures Council of the National Security College at the Australian National University and Director of the ANU Crawford Leadership Forum.

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Our Executive Briefings are a curated series of presentations by diplomats, business leaders and subject matter experts from Asia and Australia. Designed to offer a deep dive into the critical issues of the day, these interactive events are delivered to senior executives from the business, political, educational and cultural institutions that make up the Asia Society network.

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Asia Society Australia acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government.

Event Details

Thu 10 Dec 2020

9 - 9:45 a.m.

Melbourne Time

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