Join us Wednesday, November 20, 2024, from 3-4pm ET for a joint meeting of American Bar Association’s International Committee, ABA Senior Lawyers Division and the National Security Committee, American Bar Association International Law Section.
“U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security: The Next Four Years”
Jack Devine will draw on his experience in the CIA and Jonathan Ward will draw on his experience as a China expert advising U.S. government and Fortune 500 corporations.
Jack Devine spent 32 years in the CIA, where he served as both Acting Director and Associate Director of the CIA’s operations outside the United States as well as chief of the Latin American Division, the head of CIA’s Counternarcotics Center and the head of CIA’s Afghan Task Force. He was awarded the CIA’s Meritorious Officer Award for this accomplishment and is the recipient of the Agency’s Distinguished Intelligence Medal and several meritorious awards. Jack presently serves as founder and chairman of The Arkin Group. In his presentation, Jack will focus on three crises facing the nation: the Middle East Turmoil, Russia/Ukraine War and China/Taiwan Threat. Jack is the author of two books: Spymaster’s Prism: The Fight Against Russian Aggression; and Good Hunting: An American Spymaster’s Story.
Jonathan Ward is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute in Washington, DC where he works on US-China global competition. He is the author of China’s Vision of Victory - a guide to the global grand strategy of the Chinese Communist Party - and The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over Chinawhich proposes a strategy for the United States and our Allies to win the global competition with China. Dr. Ward has been a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense on Chinese strategy and to leading American corporations in industries including defense and space, shipbuilding, agriculture, semiconductors, industrial machinery, manufacturing, technology, and finance through Atlas Organization, his consultancy. He has briefed a wide variety of U.S. government agencies, military branches, treaty allies, and combatant commands on US-China strategic competition. Dr. Ward earned his PhD at Oxford in China-India relations and the history of modern China.
The session will be moderated by Jonathan Meyer, Attorney at Law, ABA SLD International Committee Co-Chair, ABA International Law Section National Security Committee Co-Chair.
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