Symposium

China Strategy Initiative Launch Event

Monday, June 24, 2024
Two workers standing on metal railings to installs a giant red Communist Party flag in Shanghai, China.

Led by Senior Fellow Rush Doshi, the China Strategy Initiative will study and debate the questions that go to the heart of U.S. China strategy. It will launch several new programs that undertake fresh analysis, provide granular policy recommendations, and convene experts from around the world.

The launch event will bring senior U.S. officials and prominent American strategists together to explore U.S. policy towards China and the Indo-Pacific, debate U.S. China Strategy, and consider the implications of artificial intelligence on national security.

Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell gives a keynote address on sustaining U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific.

A panel discussion featuring Elbridge Colby, Bonny Lin, Matt Pottinger, and Stephen Wertheim debates the fundamental questions behind U.S. China strategy.

Finally, a fireside chat with National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator for Intelligence and Defense Policy Maher Bitar and Senior Director for Technology and National Security Tarun Chhabra takes up AI, national security, and China policy.

Keynote Address—Sustaining U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

Panel—Debating the United States’ China Strategy

Fireside Chat—Biden Policy on AI, National Security, and China

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