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DESCRIPTION:Tickets: $20.00\n\nThere is a new world order. This isn't the 20th century 
 anymore: shifting coalitions, changing spheres of influence, evolving 
 economic and political powers. A friend one minute; a foe another. To 
 address these challenges, the next US president must reconsider our 
 statecraft and diplomacy. Career Ambassador and renowned expert on US-China 
 and Middle East relations, Chas W. Freeman, will call upon his decades of 
 experience to discuss how US foreign policy must change to suit today’s 
 increasingly competitive and disorderly world.\n\nHow can the US better 
 navigate its complex relationship with China? What lessons can be learned 
 from our failed interventions in the Middle East, and what steps can be 
 taken to remedy those diplomatic and military errors? How should the US 
 respond to the Arab uprisings and the deteriorating order in the Middle 
 East? Is Israel a strategic asset or liability for the US?\n\nAmbassador 
 Chas Freeman is well-positioned to respond to these questions. During his 
 three decades as an American diplomat, he has served as the US Ambassador 
 to Saudi Arabia; negotiated with Fidel Castro and other state leaders; 
 translated for President Nixon during his breakthrough visit to Beijing; 
 and served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security 
 Affairs. Freeman is one of America’s most distinguished diplomats. 
 Providing frank, but graciously rendered observations, he will challenge us 
 to think critically about US foreign policy - how we have erred in the 
 past, and how we might do things differently in the 
 future.\n\nSPEAKER:\nChas W. Freeman\nSenior Fellow, Watson Institute for 
 International Studies, Brown University; and Chairman of the Board, 
 Committee for the Republic\n\nMODERATOR:\nJane Wales\nCEO, World Affairs 
 and Global Philanthropy Forum; Vice President, The Aspen Institute\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/01/30/18795997.php
SUMMARY:Interesting Times: A Conversation with Ambassador Chas Freeman
LOCATION:World Affairs\n312 Sutter St., Suite 200\nSan Francisco, CA 94108
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/01/30/18795997.php
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