05
March 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | Competing with China through Budget Agility

Virtual Event | Competing with China through Budget Agility

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
March 05, 2021
05
March 2021
Past Event

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

Speakers:
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Elaine McCusker

Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Michael Brown

Director, Defense Innovation Unit, U.S. Department of Defense

Bill Greenwalt

Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute & Former Deputy Under Secretary, Defense for Industrial Policy, U.S. Department of Defense

Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote

Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy, Integration and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon

Dr. Dan Patt

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute

Please be advised: This event will premiere LIVE on this page at 12:00 p.m. EST, Friday, March 5.

Join Hudson Institute’s Center for Defense Concepts and Technologies Adjunct Fellow Dr. Dan Patt and experts Elaine McCusker, Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote, Michael Brown, and Bill Greenwalt for a discussion on the influence of resource allocation over Sino-U.S. competition.

Competition between the United States and China is in multiple spheres—particularly in the military space—quickly becoming one of the foremost challenges facing America today. Agility is crucial to succeeding in long-term competition, yet rigid budgetary practices by the Department of Defense make this difficult. Evidence suggests that China’s resource allocation process may, in some areas, be more adaptable than that of the U.S. government, which in many ways has not changed since the 1960s. Is it time to rethink our approach? Join our expert panel for this timely discussion.

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