President Trump: The Future of US Foreign Policy and America’s Role in the World

Friday, March 23, 2018
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
(Pacific)
Speaker: 
  • Anja Manuel

In this charged political environment, Anja Manuel will attempt to cut through the rhetoric to offer an informed analysis of how President Trump’s policies might affect the United States’ relationships with foreign allies and enemies alike. Drawing on years of experience working at the State Department and as an international business consultant with the esteemed firm of RiceHadleyGates, she is able to break down the sometimes inflammatory foreign policy and trade pronouncements into thoughtful and understandable realities. From the likely direction of U.S. trade policy, to relations China and India, to what the instability of the Middle East and Russia’s assertive policies might mean for the U.S. businesses in the near term, Manuel can draw on expertise in different region of the world to provide answers to today's issues.

Ms. Manuel is Co-Founder and Partner along with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, in RiceHadleyGates LLC, a strategic consulting firm. Anja Manuel is also a Lecturer in the International Policy Studies Program at Stanford University where she designed and teaches a course on US Foreign Policy in Asia. From 2005 to 2007, Anja Manuel served as Special Assistant to Under-Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns at the U.S. Department of State. She is a frequent commentator on foreign policy for tv and radio and writes for publications ranging from The New York Times, to Fortune, The Atlantic, and Reuters, among others. 

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