15
March 2019
Past Event
Dialogues on American Foreign Policy and World Affairs: A Conversation with Jake Sullivan

Dialogues on American Foreign Policy and World Affairs: A Conversation with Jake Sullivan

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
March 15, 2019
15
March 2019
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Jake Sullivan

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Geoeconomics and Strategy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Hudson Institute hosted Jake Sullivan, former national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, for a one-on-one discussion with Hudson Institute Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead on U.S. national security threats and opportunities. Mead explored Mr. Sullivan’s perspective on the future of the Middle East; Russia and Transatlantic relations; the challenge of a rising China; and other concerns facing American policymakers today and in the years ahead.

A prominent voice on national security and foreign affairs, Mr. Sullivan also served as director of policy planning at the U.S. Department of State and as deputy chief of staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Dialogues on American Foreign Policy and World Affairs is a Hudson discussion series moderated by Walter Russell Mead, one of America’s leading analysts of international affairs and Global View columnist at The Wall Street Journal. The series features influential policymakers and opinion leaders in candid conversation on timely questions of international affairs and national security.

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