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Aug. 29, 2022 |
Lieutenant General (LTG) Charles W. Hooper (Ret.), a Senior Counselor with The Cohen Group and former Director of the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, discussed the strategic competition between the United States and China for geopolitical primacy in the Indo-Pacific. From his perspective as one of America’s most distinguished soldier statesmen during his
41-year military career, LTG Hooper argued that rational, factual, and dispassionate analysis—not heated political rhetoric—should shape U.S. decision making with regard to China’s rising power and ambition.