Stacey Dixon, the deputy director for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, will also be nominated as principal deputy director at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He has testified before Congress and is published widely on U.S.-China relations and the U.S. approach to Asia, including co-authoring a recent piece in Foreign Affairs with Kurt Campbell, a former State Department official who will join the National Security Council as Indo-Pacific coordinator. He had previously served as Congress reporter. His view on the current U.S.-China relationship aligns to the general tone of the key foreign policy figures in the Biden administration that the two countries are in a competitive situation but are not in a Cold War scenario. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author. from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Back in 2017, in an article he co-authored with National Security Council Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific Kurt Camppbell, he called China Washingtons most dynamic and formidable competitor in modern history. In July 2020, Dr. Ratner published an opinion piece with Richard Fontaine, the Chief Executive of the Center for a New American Security, on the Washington Post. Ratner worked for Biden in the Senate, and later served as Bidens deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration; he has been expected to receive a top national security job. Filter. By In 87 years of operation, the hospital served appropriately 14,000 people. In the second episode, Hank speaks with two leading experts on US-China relations, Ely . Ely Ratner is the former Executive Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where he was a member of the executive team and responsible for managing the Centers research agenda and staff. In order to put the workshop into action fully and make it contribute to the American containment of the Soviet Union, he thought that it was imperative to make Southeast Asian markets and natural resources available to Japan. from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University . Among Asian countries, what Acheson highly evaluated in terms of national potential was Japan. Ratner is a longtime Biden aide, having served as a professional staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and in Biden's Senate office. The opinion piece suggest that the China debate should not focus on the questions of how to wage or avoid a Cold War, but rather a bottom-up effort to renew America competitiveness, with more serious debates about specific issues and less nostalgia or neuralgia over past rivalries. This view is similar to Secretary of State Antony Blinkens, on engaging China from a position of strength whether its the adversarial aspects of the relationship, the competitive ones, or the cooperative ones., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, Dr. Ratner continues to laser focus on security matters closely related to China, especially Taiwan. It comes the same day as Colin Kahl, the administrations nominee to be undersecretary of defense for policy, moved in the Senate despite Republican opposition. Ely Ratner, Executive Vice President & Director of Studies at CNAS, and Evan Feigenbaum, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. %PDF-1.5 % By Joe Gould. He is a former aide of President Biden and a long-time Asia expert. Ratner served from 2015 to 2017 as the deputy national security advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, and from 2011 to 2012 in the office of Chinese and Mongolian affairs at the State Department. As is well known, however, Dean Acheson, Secretary of State of the Truman administration, excluded Taiwan from the defensive perimeter, which he defined in a National Press Club speech in January 1950 extended from the Aleutian Islands to the Philippines. WASHINGTON Ely Ratner, a longtime aide to President Joe Biden, has been tapped to lead the Pentagons Asia office, as the White House continues to fill out top security roles. Geographically, he said, Taiwan is located at a critical node within the first island chain, anchoring a network of U.S. allies and partners stretching from the Japanese archipelago down to the Philippines and into the South China Sea. Economically, Taiwan is a critical supplier of high technology, including semiconductors, and ideologically, it is a beacon of democratic values and ideals. At a House Armed Services Committee hearing on March 9, 2022, pushed by a member of the committee, Ratner admitted that Taiwan is more important to the United States than Ukraine, and if Taiwan was invaded, an American response to it would be different from that to the Russian invasion against Ukraine. Alex Rosario Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist 805-756-5479 alrosari@calpoly.edu. ), Next Generation National Security Fellows, The Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship, Joseph S. Nye, Jr. National Security Internship and Mentoring Program, 2022 CNAS National Security Conference: Security in the Balance, Ely Ratner, Executive Vice President & Director of Studies at CNAS, and Evan Feigenbaum, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The Pentagon has created a new office solely focused on China. hb```"u/ aB2``h-*x1lL3~ %rw~O eg`| I In the opinion piece, they argued that a new kind of competition is emerging between China and the United States. We'll be in touch with the latest information on how President Biden and his administration are working for the American people, as well as ways you can get involved and help our country build back better. From 2015 to 2017, Dr. Ratner served as the Deputy National Security. Many national security experts consider an increasingly aggressive China to be the most pressing challenge facing the United States. After the end of the Obama administration, Ratner became a China studies fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and executive vice president and director of studies at the Center for a New American Security. Ely Ratner is the former Executive Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where he was a member of the executive team and responsible for managing the Center's research agenda and staff. Keikichi Takahashi is a professor at Osaka University in Japan, specializing in U.S. diplomacy toward East Asia. [2], Ratner earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the School of Public and International Affairs[3] at Princeton University and a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.[4][5]. Dr. Ratner served from 2015 to 2017 as the Deputy National Security advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, and from 2011 to 2012 in the office of Chinese and Mongolian affairs at the State Department. ho0~@~%UH. Then last week, the White House announced Christine Wormuth for Army secretary, the first time a woman has been nominated for that role. Washington, DC 20500. Ely Ratner, a longtime Biden aide and Asia expert who Austin tapped as his special adviser on China matters, will lead a task force of up to 15 members in a "sprint" effort dedicated to . Dr. Ratner received his B.A. The Department of Defense provides the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security. On Dec. 8, 2021, Ely Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, testified an issue of Taiwans security at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Ely Ratner, the Center's Executive Vice President and Director of Studies, will serve as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense. He worked with the Council on Foreign Relations as a Senior Fellow for China Studies between 2017-2018. According to previous studies, Acheson was afraid that American military commitment to Taiwan, which the Nationalists were busy transforming into a bastion to regain mainland China, would motivate Beijing to strengthen its relationship with Moscow. Ratner received his B.A. Biden said the task force would help the United States "win the competition of the future" with China. The United States can likely deter Beijing from attacking the self-governing island 100 miles off the Chinese coast, he said. ELY RATNER is the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs. Ely Ratner is an adviser to Joe Biden. Prior to joining the Biden administration, Dr. Ratner was the former Executive Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security between 2018-2021. His experience and acumen will prove essential as we work to strengthen our powerful network of allies and partners in the region.. Andres Munoz Talent Acquisition Coordinator amunoz72@calpoly.edu. Bloomberg Markets live from New York, focused on bringing you the most important global business and breaking markets news and information as it happens. She worked on advanced satellite systems for the Central Intelligence Agencys directorate of science and technology from 2003 to 2007, and then went to work for the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW He also previously worked in the U.S. Senate as a Professional Staff Member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and in the office of Senator Joe Biden. According to him, Taiwan is important to the United States for geographical, economic, and ideological reasons. To prevent this, he considered it important not to allow the Chinese communists to infiltrate and overturn the Nationalists regime. Feb 9, 2022 Important trilateral call today with our ROK and Japanese allies. One month later, on July 22, 2021, the entire Senate confirmed Ratner by voice vote. Biden International Affairs Personnel Tracker, U.S. and China Hold Military Talks on Avoiding Accidents at Sea, in Air, Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the future of U.S. policy on Taiwan, Pentagon China Expert Sworn in on Way to Singapore. 31 likes, 0 comments - ANTARA News (@antaranewscom) on Instagram: "Korea Selatan, Amerika Serikat dan Jepang pada perundingan pertahanan tingkat senior ketiga negar." However, what was the problem with the tie between Beijing and Moscow? How will the Ukraine invasion shape industrial base policy? Ratner is also an adviser with WestExec Advisors, the consulting firm co-founded by Antony Blinken, Bidens nominee to be secretary of State, and Michle Flournoy, former President Barack Obamas Pentagon policy chief. Before we move to the lunchtime breakout sessions, we wanted to take this opportunity to tell you about some of the new and innovative work we're doing on China at CNAS. ), LTG Anthony R. "Tony" Ierardi, USA (Ret. On April 2, the White House announced Michael Brown, the head of the Defense Innovation Unit, as the nominee for undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, the Pentagons top weapons buyer; Ronald Moultrie for the job of undersecretary for intelligence and security, the top civilian intelligence role at the Pentagon; and Mike McCord as the Defense Departments top financial official. This fact should increase the credibility of the American commitment to Taiwan and strengthen Ratners testimony that the American response to Taiwans crisis would be different from the response to Ukraines crisis. As we embark on my second trip to the Indo-Pacific, I am delighted for the opportunity to administer the oath to Ely aboard the aircraft. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. 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