Westminster Institute talks

Col. (ret.) Robert Hamilton takes a new approach to examining the relationship between China and Russia, departing from the standard debate over whether the relationship is a true strategic partnership or merely an axis of convenience. Instead, he argues that the best way to gain an understanding of ties between Beijing and Moscow is to watch how they interact “on the ground” in regions of the wor...

Steve H. Hanke  is a Senior Fellow, Contributing Editor of  The Independent Review , and a Member of the Board of Advisors at the Independent Institute. Hanke is professor of applied economics and founder and co-director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, senior adviser at the Renmin University o...

David Goldman  is an American economist, music critic, and author, best known for his series of online essays in the Asia Times under the pseudonym Spengler. He is a Fellow at the Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies in Budapest, a member of the Board of Advisors of Sino-Israel Government Network and Academic Leadership (SIGNAL), and a fellow at the Claremont Institute’s Center for the American...

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https://westminster-institute.org/events/prospects-for-negotiations-to-end-the-russia-ukraine-war/ Prospects for Negotiations to End the Russia-Ukraine War | Stephen Bryen

The  New York Times  has called Clyde Prestowitz “one of the most far seeing forecasters of global trends.” For more than fifty years, Prestowitz has studied, lived, and worked in Asia, Europe, and Latin America as well as in the United States and has become noted as a leading writer and strategist on globalization and competitiveness. His best -selling books include:  Trading Places ,  Rogue Nati...

“What spectacle can be more edifying,” James Madison wrote in 1822, “than that of liberty and learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?” It was long and widely understood in America that a certain kind of education is essential to the maintenance of a free society. It is less well understood today, and we are seeing the consequences. This third CCA of the 2020-2021 a...

Dr. James S. Robbins is Dean of Academics at the Institute of World Politics. He is a national security columnist for  USA Today  and Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council. Dr. Robbins is a former special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and in 2007 was awarded the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Meritorious Civilian Servi...

A deep dive into the strategies and tactics used by the radical left in recent years to undermine the institutions of the United States, along with suggestions for how to counter their advances. Many Americans believe that the United States is in decline. They see a country that has become unrecognizable: where individuals are reduced to their race, ethnicity, or sexual identity; where children ar...

Herman Pirchner is the president of the American Foreign Policy Council, which was founded back in 1982 in Washington to provide some well thought out perspectives on foreign policy questions. In 1982, Herman was the president of the American Foreign Policy Council, and today more than forty years later he remains as the president of this important and distinguished group. Herman has held other si...

Will Javier Milei Succeed in Argentina? Mark Klugmann  is a policy reforms strategist with four decades of experience advising political leaders in the United States and Latin America. Klugmann has advised seven presidents in Latin America and has helped their governments to design and win approval of multiple financial, regulatory, and infrastructure reforms. In the White House, he was a speech w...

Putin and Xi’s Strategic Relationship: How Long Can It Last? Dean Cheng  is a senior advisor to the China program at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He joined USIP from The Heritage Foundation, where he spent over a decade as a senior research fellow on Chinese political and security affairs. He has written extensively on China’s military doctrine, the technological implications of its space program...

The Index of U.S. Military Strength (Lt. Col. James Carafano) James Jay Carafano  is Senior Counselor to the President and E.W. Richardson Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. A leading expert in national security and foreign policy challenges, Carafano previously served as the Vice President of Heritage’s Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy. Carafano i...

The Devil and Communist China | From Mao Down to Xi (Steven W. Mosher) About the speaker Steven W. Mosher  is an internationally recognized authority on China and population issues, as well as an acclaimed author, speaker. He has worked tirelessly since 1979 to fight coercive population control programs and has helped hundreds of thousands of women and families worldwide over the years. In 1979, S...

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https://westminster-institute.org/events/the-future-of-ukraine-a-debate/ Stephen Bryen  is a leading expert in security strategy and technology. He has held senior positions in the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill and as the President of a large multinational defense and technology company. Dr. Bryen has 50 years of experience in government and industry. He has served as a senior staff direc...

https://westminster-institute.org/events/has-wokeness-weakened-the-u-s-military/ Col. (Ret.) Grant Newsham  is a Senior Fellow with the Center for Security Policy. He is also a Research Fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, focusing on Asia/Pacific defense, political, and economic matters. He is a retired U.S. Marine Colonel and was the first U.S. Marine Liaison Officer to the Japan Gro...

https://westminster-institute.org/events/warfare-in-peacetime-proxies-and-state-powers/ Warfare in Peacetime: Proxies and State Powers Dr. Christopher Harmon is a professor at The Institute of World Politics. He formerly held the Bren Chair of Great Power Competition at Marine Corps University (MCU) in Quantico. Dr. Harmon also directed the counterterrorism course at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Paci...

Steven W. Mosher  is an internationally recognized authority on China and population issues, as well as an acclaimed author, speaker. He has worked tirelessly since 1979 to fight coercive population control programs and has helped hundreds of thousands of women and families worldwide over the years. In 1979, Steven was the first American social scientist to visit mainland China. He was invited the...

Cleo Paskal  is a non-resident senior fellow at FDD focusing on the Indo-Pacific region. Cleo works with academia, government, the defense community and others in order to better understand, explain, anticipate and resolve today’s complex challenges. She is particularly interested in the strategic implications of the intersection of geopolitical, geoeconomic, and geophysical change. Cleo has brief...

https://westminster-institute.org/events/did-lockdowns-work-the-verdict-on-covid-restrictions/ Steve H. Hanke  is a Senior Fellow, Contributing Editor of  The Independent Review , and a Member of the Board of Advisors at the Independent Institute. Hanke is professor of applied economics and founder and co-director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Ent...

https://westminster-institute.org/events/what-president-erdogans-election-victory-means-for-turkey-and-the-world/ Sinan Ciddi  is a non-resident senior fellow at FDD and an expert on Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy. He is also an Associate Professor of National Security Studies at Marine Corps University (MCU). Prior to joining MCU, Sinan was the Executive Director of the Institute of...

https://westminster-institute.org/events/should-the-u-s-or-europe-make-nato-great-again/ Doug Bandow  is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, specializing in foreign policy and civil liberties. He worked as special assistant to President Ronald Reagan and editor of the political magazine  Inquiry . He writes regularly for leading publications such as  Fortune  magazine,  National Interest , the ...

https://westminster-institute.org/events/are-japan-australia-the-united-states-and-others-prepared-militarily-to-meet-the-ccp-threat/ Col. (Ret.) Grant Newsham  is a Senior Fellow with the Center for Security Policy. He is also a Research Fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, focusing on Asia/Pacific defense, political, and economic matters. He is a retired U.S. Marine Colonel and was t...

https://westminster-institute.org/events/how-to-think-strategically-about-russia-and-china/ Francis P. Sempa  is the author of  Geopolitics: From the Cold War to the 21st Century ;  America’s Global Role: Essays and Reviews on National Security, Geopolitics, and War ; and  Somewhere in France, Somewhere in Germany: A Combat Soldier’s Journey through the Second World War . He is a contributor to  P...