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Insights Series

April 25, 2023


Michèle FlournoyCo-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors
By Kevin Kajiwara & Michèle Flournoy

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U.S. National Security and Increasing Geopolitical Uncertainty

The emergence over the past decade of intensified great power competition has fueled fragmentation and heralded a particularly disruptive period for the global economy. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, fraught U.S.-China relations and the risk of escalation in the South China Sea continue to drive a disproportionate amount of uncertainty in the world today.

Michèle Flournoy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Teneo's partner firm WestExec Advisors, Chair of the Center for a New American Security and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy under President Obama, joins our host Kevin Kajiwara for a discussion on the state of U.S. national security and the maelstrom of geopolitical risks facing the world through the unique lens of Flournoy’s long-standing career as a military and defense policy expert.

About Teneo Insights

Teneo’s Insights Series provides in-depth analysis on the issues that matter most to CEOs and their businesses. Moderated by Kevin Kajiwara, Co-President of Teneo Political Risk Advisory, each episode features experts from business, politics, academia and media discussing hot-button issues and the impact on financial markets, geopolitics and the business world.

The views and opinions are solely of the program participants and do not necessarily reflect those of Teneo. They are offered to stimulate thought and discussion and not as legal, financial, accounting, tax or other professional advice or counsel.

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