(USA/China/Belt and Road Initiative) Report Launch of CFR Independent Task Force on a U.S. Response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (CFR)

April 1, 2021

Speakers

Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs; Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (2013–2017); Task Force Co-Chair

Gary Roughead

Robert and Marion Oster Distinguished Military Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Former U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (2007–2011); Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired); Task Force Co-Chair

Jennifer Hillman

Senior Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Director; @J_A_Hillman

David Sacks

Research Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Task Force Director; @DavidMSacks1

Presider

Elise Hu

Host-At-Large, NPR

https://www.cfr.org/event/report-launch-cfr-independent-task-force-us-response-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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