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The Hoover Institution is hosting Great Decisions: America in the World on November 16, November 18, and December 10, 2020.

In a world still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, what are the critical foreign policy challenges facing the next U.S. president? Drawing from a joint election-year project with the Foreign Policy Association, three sessions with eminent Hoover experts on international affairs will explore the critical countries and geopolitical issues that will shape global affairs over the next decade.

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Day Content panelists

NOVEMBER 16
10:30-11:30AM PDT

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Session 1: Critical Countries

Russell Berman | Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Elizabeth Economy | Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

H.R. McMaster Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Moderator

Michael Auslin | Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow in Contemporary Asia

november 18
1-2PM PDT

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Session 2: Strategic Stability

Larry Diamond | Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Niall Ferguson | Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Victor Davis Hanson | Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Moderator

Michael Auslin | Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow in Contemporary Asia

DECEMBER 10
10-11AM PDT

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Session 3: Tsars, Trade, and T-Cells

Michael McFaul | Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Lucy Shapiro  | Senior Fellow

John B. Taylor | George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics

Moderator

Michael Auslin | Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow in Contemporary Asia

 

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