Alternative Futures for U.S.-China Relations (Video)

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Event Details

Date:
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM 
Location:
Citi
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY
Event type
Lecture / Panel  

Event Transcripts and Video

The Foreign Policy Association, in conjunction with the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI), is pleased to welcome the Honorable Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia, President of ASPI, and Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, in the newest edition of FPA’s C.V. Starr Distinguished Lecture Series on U.S.-China Relations. This discussion coincides with the release of Mr. Rudd's major research project at the Harvard Kennedy School on alternative futures for U.S.-China relations.

 


Event Speakers

    • The Honourable Kevin Rudd - Speaker
      26th Prime Minister of Australia

      Mr Rudd served as Australia’s 26th Prime Minister (2007-2010, 2013) and as Foreign Minister (2010- 2012). He led Australia’s response during the GFC – the only major developed economy not to go into recession – and helped found the G20. A Senior Fellow with Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, he is undertaking a major research project on US China Relations. Mr Rudd is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Chatham House. He is a Distinguished Statesman with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and was appointed to the Concordia Leadership Council. Mr Rudd is proficient in Mandarin Chinese and a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University. He co-authored a report of the UN Secretary General's High Level Panel on Global Sustainability and chairs the WEF's Global Agenda Council on Fragile States. Mr Rudd is the incoming President of the Asia Society Policy Institute. 

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