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Matt Waxman publishes book with Nobuhisa Ishizuka and Masahiro Kurosaki: Strengthening the U.S.-Japan Alliance: Pathways for Bridging Law and Policy

"The U.S.-Japan alliance is a cornerstone of American foreign and defense policy in East Asia. 'It’s critical to the security of the region,' says Matthew Waxman, Liviu Librescu Professor of Law and faculty chair of the Law School’s National Security Law Program. 'To understand how the U.S.-Japan alliance operates in practice, it’s important for Japanese experts, policymakers, and academics to understand better how the U.S. legal system operates and, in turn, for their American counterparts to better understand how the Japanese [...]

Danny Russel quoted in Politico newsletter, “China Divides And Conquers Democracies Again”

"Danny Russel, a senior China hand in the Obama White House who is now at Asia Society, told Global Translations, 'We want China’s eyebrow to get burned here.' The heart of the matter, Russel said, 'is that if this intimidation play works against Australia, and in due course third countries — if it’s seen to have hurt Australia and to some degree cowed Australia — there is going to be more of this behavior...'" Read the full newsletter here: Full Newsletter

2021-01-19T09:41:44-05:00January 4, 2021|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Michael Camilleri writes in Foreign Affairs: “Biden’s Latin American Opportunity”

"For eight years as vice president, Joe Biden served as the United States’ principal emissary to Latin America and the Caribbean. He took a total of 16 trips to the region, the last of which—to the Colombian city of Cartagena in December 2016—was a victory lap of sorts: Biden congratulated Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on his government’s hard-won peace deal with the Marxist-Leninist insurgency known as the FARC, or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia..." Read the full article here: [...]

2021-01-19T09:35:35-05:00December 28, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Jamie Fly writes in The Washington Post: “How Biden Can Undo Damage to U.S.-Backed News Outlets That Counter Authoritarian Propaganda”

"Authoritarians have long practiced the cynical art of manipulating information to stifle dissent and shape international perceptions of their regimes. But in the digital age, they are armed as never before, reaching into other countries to influence political discourse and spread conspiracy theories..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2021-01-19T09:38:05-05:00December 24, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

WestExec Advisors and Schmidt Futures partner on a new publication, “A Playbook for the Department of Defense: Recruiting and Hiring Tech Talent”

“This playbook is a blueprint for organizational leaders and human resource professionals at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on how to recruit and hire an exceptional technical workforce.” “The task of leading Department of Defense organizations to be more forward leaning on recruiting and hiring technical talent involves navigating among three main constituency groups: 1.) human resource professionals; 2.) organizational leaders; and 3.) subject matter experts. All three of these groups should be allies in the effort to recruit and [...]

2021-05-20T01:55:30-04:00December 19, 2020|Cybersecurity & Defense, Social Impact|

Dennis Ross quoted in Bloomberg article, “Senate Rejects Resolutions Seeking to Block F-35 Sale to UAE”

"Biden spokesman Ned Price declined to comment on the resolutions. But Dennis Ross, a former U.S. Mideast peace negotiator now with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said the incoming president would likely be in favor of the deal going through..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2020-12-16T15:36:21-05:00December 9, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Michael Camilleri writes in The Dialogue: “Joe Biden, Friend of Latin America”

"When Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, he will bring to the White House a deeper knowledge of Latin America and the Caribbean than any of his recent predecessors. Biden traveled to the region a record 16 times while serving as Barack Obama’s vice president, and many more times before and since. In Biden, Latin Americans will have a partner in Washington who views our shared hemisphere not as the United States’ backyard but [...]

2020-12-16T15:28:53-05:00December 9, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Danny Russel quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald article, “Beijing Set a Trap for Scott Morrison and He Walked Right In”

"Morrison's response was clumsy and ill-advised. It was 'not textbook', as Danny Russel, a former Asia-Pacific adviser to Joe Biden and Barack Obama, put it to me. The Chinese spokesman who tweeted the mocked-up picture of a digger holding a knife to the throat of a child, Zhao Lijian, is the leading practitioner of China's hypernationalist 'wolf warrior' diplomacy. Russel describes him as 'a troll in wolf's clothing'..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2020-12-16T15:33:43-05:00December 5, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Colin Thomas-Jensen writes with Leanne Erdberg Steadman and Bethany L. McGann for the United States Institute of Peace: “Mozambique’s Crisis Requires a New Playbook to Fight Extremism”

"Over the past three years, a local Islamist insurgency in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado has grown in strength and viciousness, developing ties with international terrorist groups and threatening one of the world’s largest natural gas projects. The insurgency is turning Cabo Delgado into a killing field. While many Americans are increasingly wary of overseas counterterrorism commitments, there is increasing consensus among experts that the conventional, militarized counterterrorism responses that have dominated in the post 9-11 era are failing, [...]

2020-12-16T15:06:21-05:00December 3, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|
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