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Reinhard Bütikofer

Reinhard Bütikofer

Reinhard Bütikofer, born 1953, grew up in Palatinate, Germany, and Kenosha, Wisconsin. He studied at Heidelberg University. Today he is a Senior Adviser at the European Policy Centre in Brussels. He also is Co-President of the German-Taiwanese Dialogue Platform. Until...
Julianne Smith

Julianne Smith

Ambassador Julianne Smith is a distinguished national security expert with three decades of experience in U.S. and European defense policy, transatlantic relations, and geostrategic risk. Most recently, Smith served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO. During...
Hon. Jane Harman

Hon. Jane Harman

Jane Harman served nine terms in Congress as the U.S. representative for California’s 36th congressional district and was ranking member of the Intelligence Committee after 9/11. She left the House in 2011 to become the first woman President and CEO of the Wilson...
Elizabeth Economy

Elizabeth Economy

Elizabeth Economy is Hargrove Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the US, China, and the World Program at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. From 2021-2023, Economy served as the Senior Advisor for China to the Secretary of Commerce. An award-winning author,...
Rob Joyce

Rob Joyce

Rob Joyce served for over 34 years at the NSA, finishing as Director of Cybersecurity. Throughout his career, he held roles across signals intelligence and cybersecurity, including leading the NSA’s elite hacking unit, Tailored Access Operations (TAO). He also served...
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