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Four Frameworks and a Contested Space: Past and Present American Diplomatic Strategies for China

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), May 7, 2013

It’s a pleasure to speak to this colloquium on “the use of the diplomatic instrument” of statecraft with China. The ...

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The Global Impact of Asian Disharmony

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), March 28, 2013

It’s a pleasure to be back among friends at a Pacific Pension Institute roundtable.  The last time we were together ...

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Hasbara and the Control of Narrative as an Element of Strategy

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), December 1, 2012

Many topics have been proposed for discussion in this session.  In the brief time available to me as a ...

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The Middle East, America, and the Emerging World Order

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), November 29, 2012

I want to speak today about the Middle East in global, not just American perspective.  Of course, as I’m ...

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Transitions amidst Troubled Waters

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), November 2, 2012

It’s an honor and pleasure to be with you once again in this very different part of China.  ...

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Change without Progress in the Middle East

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman Jr. (USFS, ret.), October 25, 2012

It’s an honor to have been asked once again to address this important annual conference on U.S.-Arab relations.  ...

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