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SUMMARY:Why Taiwan Matters: Trade\, Security\, and Diplomacy Across the Pacific
DESCRIPTION:Join WorldDenver and the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office (TECO) in Denver for a timely program featuring TECO Director General Debby Huang and Michael Hunzeker\, PhD\, Associate Professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government and Director of the Taiwan Security Monitor. As the United States celebrates America’s 250 commemoration and Taiwan recognizes 30 years of democracy\, this discussion will explore critical strategic priorities in the Indo-Pacific. Mr. Hunzeker will address critical themes in U.S.–Taiwan relations\, cross-Strait security and deterrence\, and how our shared commitment to democratic values shapes regional peace and international stability today. \nLocation: Buell Public Media Center (2101 Arapahoe St.) \nEvent Agenda:\n5:45 p.m. | Doors Open\n6:00 p.m. | Registration\, Networking & Refreshments\n6:30 p.m. | Speaker Program Followed by Audience Q&A\n8:00 p.m. | Event Concludes \nTickets\nIncludes hors d’oeuvres and drinks\n$25 General\n$15 WorldDenver Members\n$5 Young Professional Members\nBe sure to log into your account to access your member pricing! \nAbout Our Speakers \n\n\n\n\nMichael Hunzeker\, PhD\, Associate Professor\, Schar School of Policy and Government; Director\, Government and International Affairs Program Faculty \nMichael Hunzeker\, PhD is an associate professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government\, the associate director of the Schar School’s Center for Security Policy Studies\, and a senior nonresident fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. \nHis work on deterrence\, military adaptation\, and war termination has appeared in Security Studies\, the Journal of Strategic Studies\, PS: Politics and Political Science\, Parameters\, Defense One\, Foreign Policy\, War on the Rocks and the RUSI Journal. \nHunzeker recently published a book on wartime learning\, Dying to Learn: Wartime Lessons from the Western Front\, with Cornell University Press. He has also been the coauthor of monographs on conventional deterrence in northeastern Europe and the Taiwan Strait. \nHunzeker served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2000–06 and holds an AB from the University of California\, Berkeley\, as well as a PhD\, MPA\, and AM from Princeton University. \n\n\n\n\n\nDirector General Debby Huang\, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Denver \nDebby Huang serves as Director General at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Denver with more than two decades of distinguished public service in Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Tamkang University in Taipei in 1997 and completed the prestigious Diplomat Training Programme at the Australian National University in 2001. Throughout her expansive career\, Director General Huang has held key leadership and strategic roles across both international postings and domestic headquarters\, including Deputy Director General of the Department of General Affairs (2021–2025) and Deputy Counselor on Home Assignment in the Department of North American Affairs (2019–2021). \n\n\n\nHer extensive overseas diplomatic experience includes serving as First Secretary at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Malaysia from 2014 to 2019 and as Consular Officer at TECO in New York from 2004 to 2010. Within MOFA\, Director General Huang’s administrative and policy expertise spans multiple core departments\, having previously served as Section Chief in the Bureau of Consular Affairs (2011–2014)\, Second Secretary on Home Assignment in the Department of International Organizations (2010–2011)\, and Desk Officer in the Department of Personnel (2001–2004). Her career reflects a deep commitment to international diplomacy\, organizational governance\, and public administration. \n\nNote: As a nonpartisan convener of global affairs programming\, WorldDenver provides an unbiased forum for experts\, world leaders\, diplomats\, and representatives from the public and private sectors to share their expertise and views on a broad spectrum of issues that matter to the world. We aim for our events to inspire curiosity and further reading\, discussion\, and civic engagement among our members and the Denver community on the global issues that we present.
URL:https://worlddenver.org/event/why-taiwan-matters/
LOCATION:RMPBS Buell Public Media Center\, 2101 Arapahoe St.\, Denver\, 80205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:The Red Sea on the Brink: Yemen\, Regional Conflict\, and the Future of Global Security
DESCRIPTION:Join WorldDenver for The Red Sea on the Brink: Yemen\, Regional Conflict\, and the Future of Global Security\, featuring distinguished American diplomat Tim Lenderking. A career Senior Foreign Service officer\, Lenderking served as the first U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen from 2021–2025 and previously as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran\, Iraq\, and regional multilateral affairs. \nDrawing on years of frontline diplomacy in the Middle East\, Lenderking will examine the escalating security crisis in Yemen\, the maritime threats destabilizing the Red Sea\, and the broader regional spillovers impacting global commerce and international security. Join us for a timely and essential discussion on how U.S. strategy in the Middle East is navigating complex regional dynamics\, mitigating conflict\, and safeguarding critical global waterways. \nLocation: Buell Public Media Center (2101 Arapahoe St.) \nEvent Agenda:\n5:45 p.m. | Doors Open\n6:00 p.m. | Registration\, Networking & Refreshments\n6:30 p.m. | Speaker Program Followed by Audience Q&A\n8:00 p.m. | Event Concludes \nTickets\nIncludes hors d’oeuvres and drinks\n$40 General\n$30 WorldDenver Members\n$20 Young Professional Members\nBe sure to log into your account to access your member pricing! \nAbout Our Speakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Lenderking\, Former U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen \nTim Lenderking is currently principal of the global public policy practice at Squire Patton Boggs. Mr. Lenderking previously served as the U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen and as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Peninsula Affairs. He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. \nMr. Lenderking served previously as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh\, Saudi Arabia\, from 2013-2016. He served as the Director of the Pakistan Office at the Department of State from 2010-2013. \nFrom 2008-2010\, Mr. Lenderking completed two tours in Baghdad\, the first as the Senior Democracy Advisor at the US Embassy\, and the second as the Policy Advisor to LTG Charles Jacoby\, Commanding General of Multi-National Forces Iraq (MNF-I)\, based at Camp Victory. \nBefore his Iraq tours\, Mr. Lenderking served as the Economic Counselor and Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at US Embassy Kuwait. He was also the Political Counselor at Embassy Rabat from 2002-2006. \nMr. Lenderking’s other tours in the Foreign Service include serving as the Special Assistant to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman 2001-2002\, as the Lebanon Desk Officer 2000-2001\, and as a Watch Officer in the Operations Center. Mr. Lenderking also served in Dhaka\, Bangladesh\, and in Damascus\, Syria. \nMr. Lenderking joined the Foreign Service in 1993 after a career in the refugee field\, where he held numerous positions with American NGOs and with the United Nations in New York\, Sudan\, Pakistan\, Afghanistan\, and Thailand. \nMr. Lenderking received a Masters degree in History and International Relations from the University of Washington in 1989 and a Bachelors Degree with Honors from Wesleyan University in 1985. He is the recipient of the Presidential Merit Award\, nine Superior Honor Awards from the Department of State and the Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the Department of the Army for his service in Iraq. \n\nNote: As a nonpartisan convener of global affairs programming\, WorldDenver provides an unbiased forum for experts\, world leaders\, diplomats\, and representatives from the public and private sectors to share their expertise and views on a broad spectrum of issues that matter to the world. We aim for our events to inspire curiosity and further reading\, discussion\, and civic engagement among our members and the Denver community on the global issues that we present.
URL:https://worlddenver.org/event/the-red-sea-on-the-brink/
LOCATION:RMPBS Buell Public Media Center\, 2101 Arapahoe St.\, Denver\, 80205\, United States
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