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Kia ora Catalysters,
 
An opportunity we’ve been working towards came to fruition last night - a Catalyst Kōrero with Victoria University’s Centre for  Strategic Studies' Kippenberger chair, Dr Michael Green, on Monday, April 15.

US foreign policy – possibilities of a Trump 2.0? 

Dr Green will be the fifth Kippenberger chair – each a distinguished international expert on security issues – Catalyst Trust has been privileged to host.

His topic will be what a possible Trump re-election would mean for US foreign policy and, in turn, what that would mean for New Zealand.

Dr Green says the US’s European allies have “more reason to worry” than New Zealand and the surrounding region. “A Trump administration would be full of people who are Asia – firsters. I don’t agree with them, but they are all talking about pulling out of Ukraine to shift resources to Asia.”

Granted, he says, no previous US president has attacked the norms and institutions built by his predecessors the way Trump has. But, Dr Green says, Trump’s focus during a second term would be on retribution against the US Department of Justice and other agencies that he thinks crossed him. His core staff would push for draconian immigration policies. Climate policies would grind to a halt at the federal level.

And his foreign policy? Come along to the Catalyst Kōrero to find out…

Monday, April 15, 6 to 7:30 pm at The Rees Hotel Queenstown’s conference room.
Registration on our Humanitix page, as seats will be limited.
Please bring cash for your koha, which will be given to Happiness House.

Biography:

Dr Michael Green is professor and CEO at the University of Sydney-based United States Study Centre. In addition to holding academic posts at Georgetown University and the Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service, Dr Green was senior vice president for Asia at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.

He served on the National Security Council at the White House 2001-2005 and has held positions at the Council on Foreign Relations, Johns Hopkins University, Institute for Defence Analyses and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

He serves on the boards of The Asia Foundation and Radio Free Asia, the advisory board of the Center for a New American Security and the Advisory Council of the Bush Institute, and as Senior Adviser to The Asia Group. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Strategy Group. He has authored numerous books and articles on Indo-Pacific security.

Please note that from this event forward we are switching from Eventbrite to Humanitix as our registration system. Thanks to our volunteer team's work and The Rees Hotel's generous provision of venue, Catalyst Trust is able to donate all koha to local community groups or charities relevant to each event/speaker.
We like the alignment with Humanitix, which similarly dedicates all its profits to charity.

That’s it for now. Enjoy the Easter break, and we look forward to seeing you shortly afterward for this extraordinary opportunity.

Ngā mihi nui

Cath Gilmour, Catalyst Trust co-chair.

 

 

 

Venue: The Rees Hotel, Queenstown

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