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Stephen Biegun, former US Deputy Secretary of State and Trump administration chief North Korea negotiator, joins Lowy Institute International Security Program Director Sam Roggeveen at the National Press Club in Canberra for a wide-ranging conversation on American foreign policy.
They discuss President Trump's worldview and its roots in the 1980s, the historical precedents behind US policy on Greenland, the war with Iran, nuclear proliferation, and the health of American democratic institutions.
Biegun brings four decades of experience in government and the private sector to bear on some of the most pressing questions in international affairs today.
Stephen Biegun, former US Deputy Secretary of State and Trump administration chief North Korea negotiator, joins Lowy Institute International Security Program Director Sam Roggeveen at the National Press Club in Canberra for a wide-ranging conversation on American foreign policy.
They discuss President Trump's worldview and its roots in the 1980s, the historical precedents behind US policy on Greenland, the war with Iran, nuclear proliferation, and the health of American democratic institutions.
Biegun brings four decades of experience in government and the private sector to bear on some of the most pressing questions in international affairs today.
