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The East-West Center in Washington invites you to an
Indo-Pacific Foreign Policy and Defense Series book launch and seminar:
Defeating the Dictators
A Conversation With:
Charles Dunst
Deputy Director of Research & Analytics
The Asia Group
Brian Hart
Fellow, China Power Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Satu Limaye (Moderator)
Vice President, East-West Center &
Director, Research Program and East-West Center in Washington
President Biden has defined our era as one of competition between autocracy and democracy. In his new book, Charles Dunst not only examines that competition by looking at countries like China, Singapore, and Vietnam, but offers clear and bold solutions about how to get our own democracies – from the United States to South Korea – in order, to ensure that we're up to the challenge.
Charles Dunst is deputy director of research and analytics at The Asia Group, helping clients navigate political and economic developments across the Indo-Pacific. In this role, Charles generates analysis to help clients understand new opportunities and assess geopolitical risks in Asia. Charles is the author of TAG’s daily newswire, the Daily Asia, as well as the firm’s rapid-response Instant Insight memos. He also helps lead the firm’s thought leadership efforts.
Concurrently, he serves as an Adjunct Fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies’s Southeast Asia program. He is also a Contributing Editor of American Purpose, Francis Fukuyama’s magazine. Charles regularly publishes in the media and has written for outlets like The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, and the Council on Foreign Relations. He has appeared on BBC News, ABC News, and Times Radio, among other outlets. He is the author of Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman (Hodder & Stoughton, February 2023).
Prior to joining The Asia Group, Charles was an Associate with Eurasia Group’s Global Macro practice, focusing on Chinese foreign policy and the geopolitics of Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific. An erstwhile foreign correspondent, he has reported from countries including Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Romania, Hungary, the United Arab Emirates, and Andorra.
Brian Hart is a fellow with the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he researches the evolving nature of Chinese power. His particular research interests include Chinese foreign and security policy, Chinese military modernization, and U.S.-China technological competition. Prior to joining the China Power Project, he conducted research on Chinese politics and foreign policy for the Project 2049 Institute, the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS, and Trivium China. Brian earned his MA with honors in China studies and international economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He also has a graduate certificate in China studies from the SAIS Hopkins-Nanjing Center and holds a BA with honors in politics and international affairs from Wake Forest University, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Dr. Satu Limaye is Vice President of the East-West Center and Director of Research, East-West Center in Washington, and interim director of the Professional Development Program. He created and directs the Asia Matters for America initiative and is the founding editor of the Asia Pacific Bulletin. He is also a Senior Advisor at CNA Corp (Center for Naval Analyses). He is a graduate of Georgetown University and received his doctorate from Oxford University (Magdalen College) where he was a George C. Marshall Scholar.
He publishes and speaks on Indo-Pacific regional issues and supports various US government, foundation, fellowship, and professional organizations. He recently served on the Center for New American Security (CNAS) Task Force on the US-Philippines Alliance, United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Senior Study Group on the North Pacific, Project 2049 Study Group on the US-Australia Alliance, and Global Taiwan Institute-Taiwan Asia Exchange Foundation project on Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy. He serves on the Korea Economic Institute (KEI) Advisory Council and editorial board of East Asian Policy and regional editor of Global Asia.
The East-West Center in Washington invites you to an
Indo-Pacific Foreign Policy and Defense Series book launch and seminar:
Defeating the Dictators
A Conversation With:
Charles Dunst
Deputy Director of Research & Analytics
The Asia Group
Brian Hart
Fellow, China Power Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Satu Limaye (Moderator)
Vice President, East-West Center &
Director, Research Program and East-West Center in Washington
President Biden has defined our era as one of competition between autocracy and democracy. In his new book, Charles Dunst not only examines that competition by looking at countries like China, Singapore, and Vietnam, but offers clear and bold solutions about how to get our own democracies – from the United States to South Korea – in order, to ensure that we're up to the challenge.
Charles Dunst is deputy director of research and analytics at The Asia Group, helping clients navigate political and economic developments across the Indo-Pacific. In this role, Charles generates analysis to help clients understand new opportunities and assess geopolitical risks in Asia. Charles is the author of TAG’s daily newswire, the Daily Asia, as well as the firm’s rapid-response Instant Insight memos. He also helps lead the firm’s thought leadership efforts.
Concurrently, he serves as an Adjunct Fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies’s Southeast Asia program. He is also a Contributing Editor of American Purpose, Francis Fukuyama’s magazine. Charles regularly publishes in the media and has written for outlets like The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, and the Council on Foreign Relations. He has appeared on BBC News, ABC News, and Times Radio, among other outlets. He is the author of Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman (Hodder & Stoughton, February 2023).
Prior to joining The Asia Group, Charles was an Associate with Eurasia Group’s Global Macro practice, focusing on Chinese foreign policy and the geopolitics of Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific. An erstwhile foreign correspondent, he has reported from countries including Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Romania, Hungary, the United Arab Emirates, and Andorra.
Brian Hart is a fellow with the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he researches the evolving nature of Chinese power. His particular research interests include Chinese foreign and security policy, Chinese military modernization, and U.S.-China technological competition. Prior to joining the China Power Project, he conducted research on Chinese politics and foreign policy for the Project 2049 Institute, the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS, and Trivium China. Brian earned his MA with honors in China studies and international economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He also has a graduate certificate in China studies from the SAIS Hopkins-Nanjing Center and holds a BA with honors in politics and international affairs from Wake Forest University, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Dr. Satu Limaye is Vice President of the East-West Center and Director of Research, East-West Center in Washington, and interim director of the Professional Development Program. He created and directs the Asia Matters for America initiative and is the founding editor of the Asia Pacific Bulletin. He is also a Senior Advisor at CNA Corp (Center for Naval Analyses). He is a graduate of Georgetown University and received his doctorate from Oxford University (Magdalen College) where he was a George C. Marshall Scholar.
He publishes and speaks on Indo-Pacific regional issues and supports various US government, foundation, fellowship, and professional organizations. He recently served on the Center for New American Security (CNAS) Task Force on the US-Philippines Alliance, United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Senior Study Group on the North Pacific, Project 2049 Study Group on the US-Australia Alliance, and Global Taiwan Institute-Taiwan Asia Exchange Foundation project on Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy. He serves on the Korea Economic Institute (KEI) Advisory Council and editorial board of East Asian Policy and regional editor of Global Asia.
