30
March 2021
Past Event
Virtual Event | US-Australia Series: China’s Techno-Authoritarianism, Political Interference, and Influence Operations (Part 3 of 3)

Virtual Event | US-Australia Series: China’s Techno-Authoritarianism, Political Interference, and Influence Operations (Part 3 of 3)

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
March 30, 2021
30
March 2021
Past Event

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

Speakers:
Dr. Samantha Hoffman

Senior Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

Harry Krejsa

Cyber Policy Advisor, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy & Fellow, Center for New American Security

Dr. Charles Edel

Global Fellow, Wilson Center & Senior Fellow, United States Studies Centre at University of Sydney

Dr. John Lee

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Dr. Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair and Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Please be advised: This event will premiere LIVE on this page at 4:00 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, March 30.

Join Hudson Institute’s Asia-Pacific Security Chair and Senior Fellow Dr. Patrick M. Cronin and Senior Fellow Dr. John Lee for a conversation with expert panelists Dr. Samantha Hoffman, Harry Krejsa and Dr. Charles Edel on the U.S.-Australia alliance and the challenges posed by China’s techno-authoritarianism, political interference, disinformation, and influence operations.

This panel of leading experts will break down the national security risks created by China’s efforts to cultivate influence in foreign countries while expanding its technology-enabled surveillance capabilities at home and abroad—looking at the comparative approaches of Canberra and Washington and discussing how the two powers can work together to meet this challenge.

This event is the third and final virtual panel discussion in a series examining China’s actions in the information domain and the implications for the U.S.-Australia alliance. Earlier panels explored supply chain vulnerabilities and the defense and national security risks created by China’s rise as an information superpower. Click "here":https://www.hudson.org/events/1932-virtual-event-us-australia-series-ch… to watch the first panel and "here":https://www.hudson.org/events/1939-virtual-event-us-australia-series-ch… to watch the second panel.

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