U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to meet with Chinese counterpart, Admiral Dong Jun, at a defense conference in Singapore this week. According to the Associated Press, it will be the first meeting between the two defense leaders since a phone call in April and comes as the U.S. and China are working to reportedly warm relations between the two countries.
If you would like more context on this matter, please consider Robert Sutter, a Professor of Practice of International Affairs at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs. Sutter’s government career saw service as senior specialist and director of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division of the Congressional Research Service, the National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and the Pacific at the US Government’s National Intelligence Council, the China division director at the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
His areas of expertise include U.S.-China relations; China’s rise-domestic and international implications; Chinese foreign relations; Contemporary U.S. policy toward Asia and the Pacific; Political, security and economic development in Asia and the Pacific; and History of China.
If you would like to speak with Prof. Sutter, please contact GW Media Relations Specialist Cate Douglass at cdouglass
gwu [dot] edu (cdouglass[at]gwu[dot]edu) and Shannon Mitchell at shannon [dot] mitchellgwu [dot] edu (shannon[dot]mitchell[at]gwu[dot]edu).
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