30th Anniversary Gala: Raising a Meaningful Voice

Baker, III and the Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, are a testament to the caliber of experts the institute brings in to discuss the most pressing issues of our time. [...] But then we have long-term challenges that we have to deal with, like the assault on democracy and the effort to undermine the function of democracy around the world. [...] And so I went to Israel, met with the Israelis, met with the Palestinians, and also met with the Egyptian president who at that time was the first elected president who had been a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, later overthrown by the current president, Sisi. [...] So, I think you have to do a very clear message to China, and the Biden administration has been doing that: the rapprochement between Japan and South Korea, the so-called “Quad” of India, Australia, Japan, and the United States convincing the Philippines to reopen their bases to us —which they had closed to us decades ago — rebuilding our presence, especially in light of the advancement of their b. [...] We are trying to get a better handle on the people around Xi, but we have to be very clear that there are lines and decisions that we’re going to make to protect maritime navigation in the South China Sea to protect our allies, our treaty allies, to really build a much stronger alliance against China, which I think we are attempting to do and which we need to do in order to be positioned if someth.