International Security and What’s Next for U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific: Breakfast Discussion with Dr. Ely Ratner

The Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia invites you to start your morning with a breakfast discussion with Dr. Ely Ratner on the future of international security and what’s next for U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific. Dr. Ratner is a Principal at The Marathon Initiative and a Senior Advisor at Clarion Strategies. He served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs from 2021-2025 and as Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden from 2015-2017. He has also worked in the Office of Chinese and Mongolian affairs at the State Department and in the U.S. Senate as a Professional Staff Member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Outside of government, Dr. Ratner has worked as the Executive Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security, a Senior Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and as an Associate Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. He received his B.A. from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs and earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Breakfast will be served. Priority will be given to students currently enrolled in degree programs at Harvard only.

Event Details

This event is open to Harvard ID holders only and registration is required. The event will be recorded.

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