During a speech at the Brookings Institution in washington, d. C. After he spoke, china policy experts talked about chinas Regional Power. And president xi jing pings leadership. Good morning. My name is bruce jones. Im the Vice President and the director for Foreign Policy here at brookings. It is my pleasure to welcome you here. I see lots of old friends in the audience and several new ones. Its a pleasure to invite you to our event. Im delighted to welcome randy back to brookings. Weve been fortunate to engage him on several aspects of our policy research. And while hes been serving in the Administration Since 2017, and randy, thank you for your service to our country and the Important Role you play in this administration. Randal schreiber was appointed on jan 8th, 2018, prove lees having served for east asian and Pacific Affairs under which portfolio he covered china, taiwan, hong kong and aus tailia, all the easy stuff. Earlier he held the role of also served as an active duty Nav
Done this in a while but my chairman developed a statement to enhance the Economic Security of america for a more Efficient Government and the reason im pointing out today is i cant think of a hearing where that statement is more of likable. When we talk about 5g we talk about the Economic Opportunity in order to take advantage of that opportunity to avoid those Security Risks, we need more Efficient Government to step up in competing against what is becoming a friendly economic rival but adversary in the many cases on the line on the world stage in china. So, in terms of the definition of its product, im really hoping to be able to lay out a certified definition at lay out some priorities of things we need to address so that we can focus everyones attention on this. Let me take a stab. This is an unusual opportunity. Its an opportunity moving to 5g which would be trillions of dollars of activity. Its an enormous opportunity with the competition and take advantage of that opportunity a
You to our event with the assistant secretary of defense for into security affairs. We have been fortunate to engage him on several aspects of our policy research over the past decade and while he is serving in the Administration Since 2017 and randy thank you for your service to our country an Important Role you play in the administration. Randall shriver was appointed as assistant secretary of defense i President Donald Trump on january 82018 previously having served as Deputy Assistant secretary for Pacific Affairs under which portfolio he covered china taiwan hong kong and australia all the easy stuff. Earlier he held the role of chief of staff to the deputy secretary of state from 2,122,003 and served as an activeduty nato Intelligence Officer deployed in operation Desert Shield and desert storm. Beyond his government career randy has been a leading thinker on wings of issues in u. S. China relationships over two decades and a robust voice on the future of that relationship asking
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Armenia is a small state with outsized strategic significance in a caucasus region beset with tension and hostility. Last year, popular protests delivered a so called velvet revolution which saw a new government installed in yerevan amid ambitious talk of reform. My guest is the foreign minister in that government, zohrab mnatsakanyan. Is armenia looking east or west for political and economic inspiration . Zohrab mnatsakanyan, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Last year saw Major Political upheaval in your country armenia, the so called velvet revolution, after which you and your government claimed that you were working for a new armenia. Sceptics will say it looks very much like the old armenia. So, whats different . Why would they say that . Because, for example, you were an official for many, many years, under previous regimes. You are a man of great governmental experience, you are not a new broom at all. I made a choice of my own, i made a ch
Regional power and president xi jinpings leadership. Good morning. My name is bruce jones. Im the Vice President and the director for Foreign Policy here at brookington. Its my pleasure to welcome you this morning. I see lots of old friends in the audience and several new ones and its a pleasure to invite you to our event with the assistant secretary of defense for endopacific affairs, randall shriver. Weve been fortunate to engage him on several aspects of policy research over the past decade, and while hes been serving in the Administration Since 2017, and randy, thank you for your service to our country and the Important Role you play in this administration. Randall shriver was appointed as assistant secretary of defense by President Donald Trump on january 8th, 2018. Previously having served as Deputy Assistant secretary for east asian and pacific affairs, under which portfolio he covered china, tie won, hong kong and australia, all the easy stuff. Earlier he held the role of chief