This week, President Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson affirmed a "new Atlantic Charter," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited the White House ahead of next week's NATO Summit, and the G7 meeting begins today in Cornwall. Read more below.
This Week's Content Highlights
Features from Aspen Strategy Group Members
Madeleine Albright was named a co-chair of the North and Central American Task Force on Migration
Zoë Baird, Marc Morial, and Brad Smith on CNBC: “How the Federal Government Can Help Create the Good Jobs Workers Want”
Chris Brose discussed his book “The Kill Chain” with Nicholas Rasmussen at the McCain Institute
Chris Coons, Dan Sullivan, and Tammy Duckworth’s trip to Taiwan was covered by The Washington Post: “U.S. Senators Promise Vaccines for Taiwan Amid China Row”
Peter Feaver and Jim Golby in The Washington Post: “Former Military Leaders Criticized the Election and the Administration. That Hurts the Military’s Reputation.”
Susan Glasser et al joined the Brussels Sprouts podcast as part of the CNAS 2021 National Security Conference
William Perry signed an open letter on nuclear policy: "An Appeal to Presidents Biden and Putin on the Occasion of Their Summit Meeting”
Condoleezza Rice discussed U.S.-China relations, cybersecurity, and the pandemic on Face the Nation
David Sanger, Marc Santora, and Michael D. Shear in The New York Times: “Biden and Johnson Renew a World War II Accord, Pledging to Unite Against New Challenges.”
Anne-Marie Slaughter and Kazumi Hoshino-Macdonald in Project Syndicate: “Making America Global Again”
Lawrence H. Summers, Timothy F. Geithner, Jacob J. Lew, Henry M. Paulson Jr., and Robert E. Rubin in The New York Times: “We Ran the Treasury Department. This Is How to Fix Tax Evasion.”
ASG Rising Leaders in the News
“Democrats and Republicans seem to agree about one foreign policy point: getting tough on China. But research suggests that U.S. concerns about a rising China won’t bring Democrats and Republicans closer together.”
Read ASG Rising Leader Rachel Myrick’s piece on The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog.
Tweet of the Week
Special Edition: Biden's First Foreign Policy Trip
Put His Visit in Context with Past ASF Discussions
Biden's Visit to the UK
“The View from London" featuring UK Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State, Dominic Raab
Biden broached Northern Ireland with Prime Minister Johnson
“Ireland’s Role in a Changing World” featuring Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence of Ireland, Simon Coveney
G7 Summit: China will be on the agenda and South Korea, India, and Australia have been invited to join.
“The View from Beijing" featuring Ambassador of China to the U.S. Cui Tiankai
“The View from Australia" featuring Prime Minister Scott Morrison
“The View from Seoul" featuring Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha
“India’s Foreign Affairs Strategy” featuring Shivshankar Menon, former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India, and Tanvi Madan, Director, the India Project, and Senior Fellow, Brookings
NATO Summit: Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg visited the White House on Monday ahead of next week’s NATO Summit.
“NATO at 70: An Alliance in Crisis?” featuring Jens Stoltenberg
U.S.-EU Summit
“America’s Endangered Alliances” featuring Julianne Smith, former Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, and Mira Rapp-Hooper, former Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
A Live Conversation with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank
Things to Know
Stay Informed with Important Analysis Relevant to Aspen Security Forum Discussions
Joe Biden in The Washington Post: “Joe Biden: My Trip to Europe Is About America Rallying the World’s Democracies”
Munich Security Conference report: “Between States of Matter: Competition and Cooperation”
Mark Scott and Jacopo Barigazzi in Politico: “U.S. and Europe to Forge Tech Alliance Amid China’s Rise”
Rebecca Shabad and Alexander Smith for NBC News: “Biden, Johnson Sign New Atlantic Charter on Trade, Defense Amid Covid Recovery”
Raj Shah in Foreign Affairs: “COVID’s Haves and Have-Nots”
Marlise Simons and Marc Santora in The New York Times: “Ratko Mladic Loses Final Appeal in Genocide Conviction”
Torrey Taussig on Social Europe: “Defending Democratic Values”
Book of the Week
By Peter Ricketts
"After decades of peace and prosperity, the international order put in place after World War II is rapidly coming to an end. Disastrous foreign wars, global recession, the meteoric rise of China and India and the COVID pandemic have undermined the power of the West's international institutions and unleashed the forces of nationalism and protectionism. In this lucid and groundbreaking analysis, one of Britain's most experienced senior diplomats highlights the key dilemmas Britain faces, from trade to security, arguing that international co-operation and solidarity are the surest ways to prosper in a world more dangerous than ever."
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The View from Accra:
A Live Conversation with the President of Ghana
Speaker
Nana Akufo-Addo
President of the Republic and
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ghana
In conversation with
Jendayi Frazer
Duignan Distinguished Visiting Fellow, the Hoover Institution;
former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Introduced by
Anja Manuel
Director, Aspen Strategy Group and
Co-Founder and Principal, Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC
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