06
June 2023
Past Event
Dialogues on American Foreign Policy and World Affairs: A Conversation with Kurt Campbell

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Dialogues on American Foreign Policy and World Affairs: A Conversation with Kurt Campbell

Past Event
Hudson Institute
June 06, 2023
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06
June 2023
Past Event

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Kurt Campbell

National Security Council Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific

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Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

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On June 6, please join Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs on the National Security Council Kurt Campbell and Hudson Institute Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead for a discussion on United States foreign policy and America’s role in the world. Dr. Campbell will offer his perspective on American strategy in the Indo-Pacific region.

Dr. Campbell has served in several government positions, including as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asia and the Pacific, director on the NSC staff, and deputy special counselor to the president for NAFTA. He also served on surface ships as a US Navy Reserve officer, and in the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Advisory Unit.

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.

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