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VIEW EVENT DETAILSAsiaConnect Briefing with Kevin Rudd, President of the Asia Society Policy Institute
Please join the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) for a special AsiaConnect teleconference with ASPI President and Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School the Honorable Kevin Rudd. Mr. Rudd will share his perspectives on the U.S.-China relationship and discuss how China and the United States can build a new way forward that creates wider peace and prosperity without conceding vital national interests. This discussion coincides with the release of Mr. Rudd’s report for the Harvard Kennedy School, U.S.-China 21: The Future of U.S.-China Relations Under Xi Jinping.
The Hon. Kevin Rudd joined the Asia Society Policy Institute as its inaugural President in January 2015. He served as Australia’s 26th Prime Minister (2007-2010, 2013) and as Foreign Minister (2010-2012). He led Australia’s response during the global financial crisis — the only major developed economy not to go into recession — and helped found the G20. As Chair of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism, Mr. Rudd is also leading a 2015-2016 review of the UN system. Mr. Rudd is a Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House in London, a Distinguished Statesman with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Paulson Institute in Chicago. Mr. Rudd is a member of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization’s Group of Eminent Persons. He is proficient in Mandarin Chinese, serves as a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and co-Chairs the China Global Affairs Council of the World Economic Forum.
To register and obtain call-in information, please email [email protected] or call +1-202-833-ASIA.
ASPI’s AsiaConnect is a monthly telephone briefing series on pressing issues in Asia and U.S.-Asia relations made possible through the generous support of Asia Society Trustee Mitch Julis.