24
July 2019
Past Event
Dialogues on American Foreign Policy and World Affairs: A Conversation with U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

Dialogues on American Foreign Policy and World Affairs: A Conversation with U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
July 24, 2019
24
July 2019
Past Event

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

Speakers:
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

U.S. Senator for Rhode Island

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Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Hudson Institute will host U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island for a one-on-one discussion with Hudson Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead on U.S. national security. The discussion will explore Sen. Whitehouse’s perspective on Iran and the greater Middle East, a revanchist Russia and transatlantic relations, the growing challenge of China, global kleptocracy, climate change and energy policy, and other major issues.

Sen. Whitehouse serves on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and is ranking member on its subcommittee on crime and terrorism. He is also a member of the Finance, Environment and Public Works, and Budget committees, along with the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

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 the Global View columnist for the Wall Street Journal. The series features influential policymakers and opinion leaders in candid conversation on timely questions of international affairs and national security.

**NOTE: This event is open to the press. All members of the media should RSVP to press@hudson.org.**

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