Trump 2.0 and the Indo-Pacific
A talk by Dr Charles Edel, CSIS Australia Chair, about the current state of US politics and its implications.
Given the speed, volatility, and unpredictable nature of America during Donald Trump's second term as president, it can be difficult to distinguish between the headlines and actual and enduring shifts in America's approach to the world. Dr Edel, the CSIS Australia Chair, will discuss the current state of politics and policy discussions in Washington, examine what is the same and what is different from Trump 1.0, and offer some thoughts about what this means for the region and for New Zealand.
Dr Charles Edel is a senior adviser and the inaugural Australia Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. He previously taught at the University of Sydney, where he was also a senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre. Prior to that, Dr Edel was a professor of strategy and policy at the U.S. Naval War College and served on the U.S. Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff from 2015 to 2017. In that role, he advised the Secretary of State on political and security issues in the Indo-Pacific region. He is the coauthor of The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and World Order (Yale University Press, 2019) and author of Nation Builder: John Quincy Adams and the Grand Strategy of the Republic (Harvard University Press, 2014).
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