We’re proud and pleased to invite Dr. John Hamre, President and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and former US Deputy Secretary of Defense, to join a dialogue titled “Think tanks and American foreign policy” with Wang Huiyao, President of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG). This is the Special Opening Dialogue of the 6th CCG Annual China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum 2021.
This discussion will delve into topics including:
- Think tanks as the “revolving door” and its benefits and drawbacks
- Nonpartisan vs. bipartisan think tanks, their differences and balance in governance
- Dr. Hamre’s successful story in leading the CSIS from a research organization with a deficit into one of America’s most influential think tanks
- Major CSIS programs and their impacts on American foreign policy
- Role of think tank in China policy
- American foreign policy establishment, change or continuity after Donald Trump
- US midterm elections and US foreign policy 2022
