The Honorable Chris Miller was unanimously confirmed by the Senate as the director of the national Counterterrorism center. He served as the acting secretary of defense of the United States for the final months of the Trump administration. Prior to becoming a political appointee, Chris was an Army Green Beret, head of counterterrorism and transnational threats at the National Security Council, and a senior official for the US Department of Defense’s special operations and irregular warfare efforts. He is currently an advisor to Highlander Partners LP, in Dallas, Texas on defense matters and the acting chief revenue officer at Dzyne Aerotechnologies, specializing in autonomy.
Preparing the Department of Defense for Irregular and Special Warfare
This threat environment is teaching American defense planners and policymakers hard lessons about the need to adapt and change the way the United States budgets, tests, acquires, and deploys new and existing weapon systems. Join Hudson for two panels that will discuss these lessons and why Washington urgently needs to apply them.
Representative Andy Kim (D-NJ) will join Hudson Japan Chair Kenneth Weinstein to discuss how the United States can build on multilateral economic and security initiatives among allies like Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Join Hudson for a book talk with Dr. Stoker and Hudson’s Dr. Jonathan Ward on how America can learn from this history to meet the challenges ahead.
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