International Affairs
What’s at stake at UNGA 2025?
How does human capital impact America’s national security? In the face of unprecedented competition from China, more than four dozen former national security leaders wrote to Congress this spring urging political action to safeguard America’s competitive edge in attracting global STEM talent.
On July 7, two signatories of this letter, former Commander of the U.S. Central Command General (Ret.) Joseph Votel and former Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Christine Fox, offered insight on the national security importance of STEM talent and high-skilled immigration. Co-hosted by the Brookings Institution and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), they drew from their own experiences at the highest levels of U.S. defense policymaking and military command to share their perspectives on the role of human talent as a national security asset. Brookings Senior Fellow Ryan Hass and CSIS Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette moderated the discussion.
Viewers submitted questions via e-mail to [email protected] or on Twitter using the hashtag #HumanCapital.
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Agenda
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July 7
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Roundtable
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Moderator
Jude Blanchette Distinguished Tang Chair in China Research; Director, RAND China Research Center - RAND
Ryan Hass Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center, Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies, The Michael H. Armacost Chair @ryanl_hassPanelist
The Honorable Christine H. Fox Senior Fellow - The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Former Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense - United States Department of Defense
General (ret.) Joseph L. Votel President & CEO - Business Executives for National Security, Former Commander - United States Central Command
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