WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 31923 [post_author] => 81 [post_date] => 2020-05-19 13:52:28 [post_date_gmt] => 2020-05-19 17:52:28 [post_content] => World order is never in stasis for too long. And indeed, we seem to be witnessing a historic shift now. The relatively stable decades after World War II saw gains for global democracies, rapid economic growth fueled by globalization, and the birth of the Internet. But they also saw the speeding of global warming, widening inequality, and the scourge of transnational terrorism. The institutions and agreements that have grounded the modern international order are showing signs of weakness, while illiberal sentiment gathers strength across the West. Nationalism is having a moment. Europe is having an identity crisis. And China is challenging the dominance of the United States. How did we get here? What’s next? Video link: https://www.aspenideas.org/sessions/where-the-west-lost-its-way [post_title] => How the West was Lost [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => how-the-west-was-lost [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-05-19 13:52:28 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-05-19 17:52:28 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://culturehhi.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=31923 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => tribe_events [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw [event_date] => 2020-10-02 10:00:00 )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 31926 [post_author] => 81 [post_date] => 2020-05-19 13:59:17 [post_date_gmt] => 2020-05-19 17:59:17 [post_content] =>

Recent years have seen the old Communist enemies grow closer five decades after Kissinger’s opening to China.  Are we back to a new Cold War with the US and the West facing an united Russo-China front?  Both Moscow and Beijing share a deep resentment against Washington, propounding an alternative vision of non-US-dominated world order.  But, in a switch, is Moscow willing to be the junior partner to China?  Or is a growing friendship a tactical move until Russian sanctions are dropped and China attains better terms with the US?  A real alliance or a marriage of convenience?    

[post_title] => Russia and China: Benign Friendship or Malignant Gamechanger? [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => russia-and-china-benign-friendship-or-malignant-gamechanger [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-06-19 12:27:46 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-06-19 16:27:46 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://culturehhi.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=31926 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => tribe_events [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw [event_date] => 2020-10-23 10:00:00 )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 31930 [post_author] => 81 [post_date] => 2020-05-19 14:08:32 [post_date_gmt] => 2020-05-19 18:08:32 [post_content] => This is a Global Speakers Presentation Maud Olofsson is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (2006-2010) and Minister for Enterprise and Energy of Sweden. She is also a former party leader for the Swedish Centre Party. Take one look at international reports that measure different indices such as competition, productivity, economic growth, equal opportunities, innovation, quality of life, happiness, etc., and you often find the Nordic countries, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland at the top of these lists. It seems like these countries have done something right and also have something in common that has taken them to where they are today. How have these small countries, close to the arctic circle, that suffered poverty and population flight in the 1800’s, now topped so many surveys? It’s the so-called Nordic Model. read more at www.wachh.org/event-3840620 [post_title] => Maude Olofsson- Will the Nordic Model Survive? [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => maude-olofsson-will-the-nordic-model-survive [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-06-19 12:27:26 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-06-19 16:27:26 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://culturehhi.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=31930 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => tribe_events [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw [event_date] => 2020-11-06 10:00:00 )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 31932 [post_author] => 81 [post_date] => 2020-05-19 14:24:07 [post_date_gmt] => 2020-05-19 18:24:07 [post_content] => Global Speakers Program Richard McGregor is a senior fellow for east Asia at the Lowy Institute, Australia’s premier foreign policy think tank, in Sydney. Mr. McGregor is a former journalist and author who has won numerous awards for his reporting in China and East Asia. McGregor is an expert on the Chinese political system – his book, The Party, on the inner-workings of the Chinese Communist Party, published in 2010, was called a “masterpiece” by The Economist. Australia is traditionally one of America’s closest allies, but it also increasingly relies on China for trade. That makes it a test case for the abiding question of our time – whether the US-led alliances that have sustained the Indo-Pacific since World War II can survive the rise of China. Does Australia have to choose between its longstanding security ally and its new economic partner? And what does that mean for the future of the West? [post_title] => Richard MacGregor- Australia and China: The West's Tipping Point [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => richard-macgregor-australia-and-china-the-wests-tipping-point [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-05-19 14:24:07 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-05-19 18:24:07 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://culturehhi.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=31932 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => tribe_events [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw [event_date] => 2020-11-20 10:00:00 )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 31938 [post_author] => 81 [post_date] => 2020-05-19 14:30:07 [post_date_gmt] => 2020-05-19 18:30:07 [post_content] => No matter who will be sitting in the Oval Office on January 21, 2021, they will be confronted with multiple nuclear crises. They will have to make choices that will affect whether we are living in a world in which the number of nuclear weapons is going up or going down. These choices will be related to both internal and external policies. Should we use nuclear weapons first in a crisis? Do we need more than one person involved in the authorization of a nuclear strike? Is it is a good idea to invest in new low-yield nuclear capabilities? Should we reenter what's left of the Iran Deal? How do we make arms control agreements with Russia when the trust between our nations is broken? Bell will outline current global nuclear threats and their related policy choices. She will then discuss how the President and Congress can and should respond to those threats. Alexandra Bell is the Senior Policy Director at the Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation. Her areas of focus include bilateral and multilateral arms control and non-proliferation, Euro-Atlantic security, diplomacy, and Congressional affairs. Previously, Bell served as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Before joining the Department of State in 2010, she worked on nuclear policy issues at the Ploughshares Fund and the Center for American Progress. [post_title] => Alexandra Bell- The Nuclear Weapons Policy in the Next Administration [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => alexandra-bell-the-nuclear-weapons-policy-in-the-next-administration [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-05-21 10:53:50 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-05-21 14:53:50 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://culturehhi.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=31938 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => tribe_events [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw [event_date] => 2020-12-04 10:00:00 )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 31993 [post_author] => 81 [post_date] => 2020-05-21 10:46:26 [post_date_gmt] => 2020-05-21 14:46:26 [post_content] => Great Power Rivalries: Through the Rearview Mirror David Eisenhower is the director of the Institute for Public Service at the Annenberg School at the  University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches Communication and the Presidency, which examines the impact of the "Bully Pulpit" on recent and contemporary national politics. He also oversees COMPS (Communication in Public Service) undergraduate students' course work and internships. The Institute also sponsors events and symposia and brings teaching fellows to the Annenberg School. [post_title] => WACHH Friday Speaker Series: David Eisenhower [post_excerpt] => The 2018 National Defense Strategy acknowledges an increasingly complex global security environment and the re-emergence of long-term, strategic competition between nations. This environment potentially presents a challenge to U.S. prosperity and security by revisionist powers. China, Russia, and other economic and military powers want to shape a world consistent with their own. This upcoming 2020/21 speaker series will feature diplomats, military leaders, senior policymakers, and scholars that will help us make sense of this return of great power rivalries. [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => wachh-friday-speaker-series-david-eisenhower [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-05-21 10:46:26 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-05-21 14:46:26 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://culturehhi.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=31993 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => tribe_events [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw [event_date] => 2021-01-08 10:00:00 )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 31995 [post_author] => 81 [post_date] => 2020-05-21 10:51:57 [post_date_gmt] => 2020-05-21 14:51:57 [post_content] => What is the nature of the Kim Family Regime and why is it important to the United States?  There are five major issues surrounding Korea: war, instability and regime collapse, human rights, proliferation, and global illicit activities, and unification.  South Korea and the US remain blood allies but there is always friction within the alliance that must be managed. While North Korea is an existential threat to South Korea it is in the US national interest to prevent conflict and if it (or regime collapse) occurs to ensure that what follows is a secure, stable, economically vibrant, non-nuclear peninsula unified under a liberal constitutional form of government that might be called the United Republic of Korea. [post_title] => WACHH Friday Speaker Series: Col. David Maxwell [post_excerpt] => The 2018 National Defense Strategy acknowledges an increasingly complex global security environment and the re-emergence of long-term, strategic competition between nations. This environment potentially presents a challenge to U.S. prosperity and security by revisionist powers. China, Russia, and other economic and military powers want to shape a world consistent with their own. This upcoming 2020/21 speaker series will feature diplomats, military leaders, senior policymakers, and scholars that will help us make sense of this return of great power rivalries. [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => wachh-friday-speaker-series-col-david-maxwell [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-05-21 10:51:57 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-05-21 14:51:57 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://culturehhi.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=31995 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => tribe_events [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw [event_date] => 2021-01-22 10:00:00 )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 31999 [post_author] => 81 [post_date] => 2020-05-21 11:01:18 [post_date_gmt] => 2020-05-21 15:01:18 [post_content] => The direction of American foreign policy will prove highly consequential to Millennials -- on issues ranging from climate change and war, to COVID-19 and humanitarian aid. More connected internationally than ever, Millennial leaders entering public leadership are poised to fundamentally reshape foreign policy on these issues, transforming old debates framed by traditional “hawk-dove” and Left-Right divisions. The generations that came of age during U.S. wars in the Middle East, a global economic recession, the largest climate protests in history, and major pandemics will push for bold action to protect the most vulnerable and a new era of global cooperation. [post_title] => How the Rise of Millennials and Gen Z will Shape American Foreign Policy [post_excerpt] => The 2018 National Defense Strategy acknowledges an increasingly complex global security environment and the re-emergence of long-term, strategic competition between nations. This environment potentially presents a challenge to U.S. prosperity and security by revisionist powers. China, Russia, and other economic and military powers want to shape a world consistent with their own. This upcoming 2020/21 speaker series will feature diplomats, military leaders, senior policymakers, and scholars that will help us make sense of this return of great power rivalries. This presentation is part of a series that deals with the return of great power rivalries. [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => how-the-rise-of-millennials-and-gen-z-will-shape-american-foreign-policy [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-05-21 11:01:18 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-05-21 15:01:18 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://culturehhi.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=31999 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => tribe_events [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw [event_date] => 2021-02-05 10:00:00 )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 32002 [post_author] => 81 [post_date] => 2020-05-21 11:06:48 [post_date_gmt] => 2020-05-21 15:06:48 [post_content] => The two historic meetings between Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un alleviated tensions between the two nations who at one time seemed on the brink of a military encounter. But there is a “fundamental difference in understanding” between the two sides regarding the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, the major goal of the summits. While Washington was only considering a peace treaty and loosening sanctions on Pyongyang after it had denuclearized, North Korea’s position was a phased approach in which it would receive concessions for every step taken toward denuclearization.  That difference is a major reason for the current stalemate in negotiations. This is a complicated game of diplomacy with both sides looking to make the next best move. Ambassador Yun will share his insights into North Korea and it’s short and long-term goals and discuss the prospect of Kim abandoning North Korea's nuclear weapons. https://theasiagroup.com/staff/amb-joe-yun/ [post_title] => WACHH Friday Speaker Series: North Korea- What's Next? [post_excerpt] => The 2018 National Defense Strategy acknowledges an increasingly complex global security environment and the re-emergence of long-term, strategic competition between nations. This environment potentially presents a challenge to U.S. prosperity and security by revisionist powers. China, Russia, and other economic and military powers want to shape a world consistent with their own. This upcoming 2020/21 speaker series will feature diplomats, military leaders, senior policymakers, and scholars that will help us make sense of this return of great power rivalries. [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => wachh-friday-speaker-series-north-korea-whats-next [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-05-21 11:07:54 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-05-21 15:07:54 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://culturehhi.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=32002 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => tribe_events [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw [event_date] => 2021-02-19 10:00:00 )

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 32005 [post_author] => 81 [post_date] => 2020-05-21 11:13:28 [post_date_gmt] => 2020-05-21 15:13:28 [post_content] =>

RUSSELL HSIAO: TAIWAN - CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS BEYOND 2020

Madame Tsai Ing-wen won a second term in January 2020 to serve as the president of Taiwan for another four years. The first term of her presidency saw steady improvements in US-Taiwan relations and a deterioration in cross-Strait ties as Beijing ramped-up diplomatic, military, and economic pressure on Taipei to accept its terms for unification. As the power disparity between Taiwan and China widens, Taipei is becoming more susceptible to Chinese coercion and CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping may become more emboldened to use military force. What are the implications for the Taiwan Strait over the next four years and beyond? [post_title] => WACHH Friday Speaker Series: Taiwan- Cross-Strait Relations Beyond 2020 [post_excerpt] => Return of Great Power Rivalries The 2018 National Defense Strategy acknowledges an increasingly complex global security environment and the re-emergence of long-term, strategic competition between nations. This environment potentially presents a challenge to U.S. prosperity and security by revisionist powers. China, Russia, and other economic and military powers want to shape a world consistent with their own. This upcoming 2020/21 speaker series will feature diplomats, military leaders, senior policymakers, and scholars that will help us make sense of this return of great power rivalries. [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => wachh-friday-speaker-series-taiwan-cross-strait-relations-beyond-2020 [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-05-21 11:13:28 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-05-21 15:13:28 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://culturehhi.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=32005 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => tribe_events [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw [event_date] => 2021-03-05 10:00:00 )