In conversation with Eliot A. Cohen (Canberra)

Join us for a conversation about the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, American politics and foreign policy, and the epic struggle for power and influence now being staged in our region by the world’s two superpowers — the United States and China. The discussion will be chaired by the Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program, Sam Roggeveen, and will include questions from the audience.

Eliot A. Cohen is Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Robert E. Osgood Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. His books include, most recently, The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall. From 2007 to 2009, he served as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s senior adviser, focusing chiefly on issues of war and peace, including Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, and his commentary has appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and on major television networks.