Speeches
Non-Military Contributions to National Security
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., USFS (Ret.)
ANSER Conference Center, Washington DC.
It is a pleasure and honor to be here. I benefited greatly from the introductory remarks by Congressman Skelton and Andrew Hoehn. They have gotten this workshop off to an excellent start.
Sino-American Dynamics in Perspective
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., USFS (Ret.)
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, The United States-China Policy Foundation
Thirty years ago, the late Deng Xiaoping persuaded the Chinese Communist Party to make two linked decisions. In the first, China resolved to risk eclectic borrowing from other socio-economic systems to invigorate its own.
The World after the American Moment
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., USFS (Ret.)
Macau S.A.R., China
We live in a time of great transitions and confusions. The global distribution of wealth and power is in rapid evolution.
China's Challenge to American Hegemony
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., USFS (Ret.)
London, United Kingdom
Napoleon is said to have predicted that, when China woke from its slumbers, it would "astonish the world." The Little Corporal was a loquacious fellow who got much wrong but he seems to have gotten this right.
An Empire Decomposed: American Foreign Relations in the Early 21st Century
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., USFS (Ret.)
Arlington, VA
Americans are accustomed to foreigners following us. After all, for forty years, we led the industrial democracies against the former USSR and its captive entourage. After the Soviet collapse, we bestrode the world as its sole colossus.
Saudi Arabia: The End of Progress without Change
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., USFS (Ret.)
Sarasota, FL
I have been asked to speak to you about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is a topic I have never before addressed to an American audience. Why bother?