Events from week of June 3, 2022
This week, the Global China hub hosted experts with deep knowledge of China’s political landscape to dispel misconceptions and provide evidence-based analysis of likely trajectories for Xi JinPing’s political control and policy agenda. Meanwhile, the Scowcroft Center hosted a conversation with Secretary Christine Wormuth to discuss the US Army’s role in meeting the priorities laid out in the forthcoming National Defense Strategy.
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The problem is that Xi Jinping is surrounded by people who are very close to him, whose careers are totally dependent on Xi Jinping himself doing well and being powerful. So they will filter a lot of this information
Victor Shih, Associate Professor; Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations, University of California San Diego
The Russians do not train like us… I think the terrible civilian atrocities you’ve seen committed by the Russian military is directly due to the lack of leadership, training, and discipline that they appear to have in their ranks.
Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, US Department of Defense
