09
July 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Dialogues on American Foreign Policy and World Affairs: A Conversation with Former Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Video Event | Dialogues on American Foreign Policy and World Affairs: A Conversation with Former Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
July 09, 2020
09
July 2020
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
walter_russell_mead
Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Antony Blinken

Foreign Policy Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden

**This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Thursday, July 9.**

Join Hudson Institute for a conversation with former Deputy Secretary of State and Deputy National Security Advisor Antony Blinken on U.S. foreign policy and America’s role in the world. Mr. Blinken will offer his perspective on global challenges the United States faces and the trajectory of the Democratic Party’s foreign policy. Hudson Institute Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead will moderate the event.

Mr. Blinken has held numerous government positions, including U.S. deputy secretary of state, U.S. deputy national security advisor, deputy assistant to the president and national security advisor to the vice president. He also served as the Democratic staff director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and on the National Security Council. Mr. Blinken is the co-founder of WestExec Advisors and is currently a chief foreign policy advisor for Vice President Biden’s presidential campaign.

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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