Meeting

Challenges Facing the Global Order

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

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Speakers

President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO (2009–2013); CFR Member

Didi Kuo

Associate Director for Research and Senior Research Scholar, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

Maria Langan-Riekhof

Director, Strategic Futures Group, National Intelligence Council

Presider

Karen J. DeYoung

Associate Editor and Senior National Security Correspondent, Washington Post; CFR Member

Panelists discuss trends and uncertainties that will shape the future global strategic environment for the United States, including great power competition, climate change, and emerging technologies, and how they will affect international cooperation and global governance.

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