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Japan Chair
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is the Japan chair at Hudson Institute and the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs is a senior fellow and director of the Keystone Defense Initiative. She specializes in US national defense policy with a focus on strategic deterrence.
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Patrick M. Cronin is the Asia-Pacific security chair at Hudson Institute. His research analyzes salient strategic issues related to US national security goals in the Indo-Pacific region and globally.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan raises new questions about peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and US-China relations. Hudson Asia-Pacific Security Chair Dr. Patrick M. Cronin joins former National Security Advisor and Hudson Japan Chair Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster and Hudson Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs to assess the implications of the speaker’s visit, China’s likely actions, and recommendations for US policy.
Please join Hudson Institute to discuss what has gone wrong with US policy toward Venezuela and how the Biden administration and 118th Congress can reinvigorate efforts to support democracy so that all Venezuelans can have a brighter future.
Join Hudson Institute for a conversation on these issues and more with Ambassador Adela Raz, former ambassador of Afghanistan to the US and visiting fellow at Hudson Institute, and Ambassador Husain Haqqani, former ambassador of Pakistan to the US and director of Hudson Institute’s South and Central Asia program.
When Chinese leader Xi Jinping brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the White House welcomed the news. According to the administration, reduced tensions between the Middle Eastern countries further the president’s long-stated goals and does not represent a significant change in China’s role in the region.