Mastro, an assistant professor of Security Studies at the edmund a. Wilson school at Georgetown University and american scholar at American Enterprise institute. Shes the author of the cost of conversation, obstacles to peace talks in wartime. And she is currently working on a book about chans challenges to u. S. Primacy. Next we hear from a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and adjunct senior fellow at the center for new American Security and president and ceo of solarium llc, a defense consulting firm. Hes previously served as president of the center for strategic and budgetary assessments in a department of Defenses Office of net assessment and on the personal staff of three secretaries of defense. Hes the author of several books, most recently publishing the declines of deterrents earlier this year. Our third panelist is dr. Michael green who is a Senior Vice President for asia and japan chair at the center for strategic and International Studies csis as well as director of Asian S
Please say thanks. Before we begin, please silence all of your devices. We hope you are following us on social media today and if you are, please use theev hash tag gbf. At the end if you can fill out a survey in the back of the tent or online will be entered to win a 100 visa gift card. Doctor sederer will be signing books after the panel, so copies of the addiction solution are available in the politics and prose book tent just around the corner there. A quick word about buying books. This is a free event but it does help the festival if you purchase books from the speakers. Not only does it think the olfestival possible, but it also supports i politics and prose which is a wonderful independent bookstore in the dc area. So if you can buy the book, please do. Okay, so doctor Lloyd Sederer is an adjunct professor at the Public Health and contribute a writer for u. S. News world report and chief medical officer for the state office of Mental Health and is a monthly regularh on xm tell
You will be entered to win a 100 visa gift card. Dr. Sederer will be signing books. This is a free event but helps the festival if youve the books from the speakers little make this festival possible and supports politic and prose, a wonderful, independent book store in the d. C. Area. So if book the book, please. Do okay. So, dr. Loyd sederer is an adjunct professor, a contribute you rite for u. S. News and world report and chief medical officer for the officeMental Health and a regular on in 2013 given an award for excellence in teaching residents about the American Psychiatric association which in 2009 gave him recognized him as psychiatric administrator of the year. His new book the addition solution which is what well be discussing today. Please join me in welcoming dr. Sederer. [applause] thank you for coming. So i like to start with a broad question and to get more specific. The field of addiction and the prevalence of addiction is a moving target and evergrowing and seems intra
Next, look at the current relations between the United States and china with security and defense experts. U. S. China economic and Security Review Commission hosted this event. Thank you. We will catch up sometime here. We are not too far behind. I would like to introduce our second panel, which will explore major developments in the u. S. China security relations in 2019. We will start with doctor orianas carl mastro who is assistant professor of Security Studies at the admin a Wilson School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. And a resident scholar at the american enterprises. Shes the author of the cost of conversation, obstacles to peace talks and more time. And currently working on a book about chinas challenge to u. S. Privacy. Next we hear from doctor andrew kirby voinovich senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and adjunct senior fellow at the center for new American Security and president and ceo of solarium llc, defense consulting firm. His previously served as presi
U. S. China, the changing relationship between the u. S. And china and ongoing trade tariff. The u. S. Economics Security Review Commission is a host of the event. With taiwan and hong kong. The commission began the hearings this year, we marks the 40th year of u. S. China diplomatic relations. By examining the external and internal ability to sustain growth, project power and spread its influence on the globe. This year has been one of extreme volatility between the u. S. And china. Chain and insta they thought it would be to visit and explore key topics. There is an increasing amount of commentary in the Foreign Policy community, con jebbibbij con jebbi conjecturing. And this commentary further characterizes china as a rival, having upgraded it from a competitor. The word enemy is less frequently used, but is not absent. The previous assumptions underlying u. S. Policy, such as the Current International order benefits china and capitalism brings with it democracy have been shattered