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The Aspen Strategy Group (ASG) is a policy program of the

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, based in

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The ASG is a membership-based forum composed of current and former policymakers,

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, and business leaders whose aim is to explore the preeminent foreign

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and national security challenges facing the

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. The main activities include its annual Summer Workshop meeting in Aspen, several Track II dialogues such as the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue and the U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue, and the Aspen Ministers Forum, led by Madeleine K. Albright, which convenes former foreign ministers from around the world to focus on international security.

History

The roots date back to the 1970s, when the Aspen Institute organized the annual conference for

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that worked on projects for

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, which developed the Aspen Strategy Group, and is an official program of the Aspen Institute since 1984. Their original focus was on strategic relations, arms control and the US-Soviet Union relationship. The Aspen Strategy Group is made up of members of parliament, government officials, industry representatives, and journalists. Since the end of the

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, the group analysis regional and global challenges and examines the economic, social and transnational consequences. The current focus is the issue of international

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and environmental policy. The assessments take into account the national interests of the US. The Aspen Strategy Group brings together representatives of different political groups.

Leadership

R. Nicholas Burns Robert Nicholas Burns (born January 28, 1956) is an American diplomat and academic who serves as the United States ambassador to China since 2022. Burns has had a 25 year career in the State Department, and served as United States Under Secre ...

, Executive Director *Anja Manuel, Director *

Joseph Nye Joseph Samuel Nye Jr. (born January 19, 1937) is an American political scientist. He and Robert Keohane co-founded the international relations theory of neoliberalism, which they developed in their 1977 book ''Power and Interdependence''. Togethe ...

, Co-Chair *

Condoleezza Rice Condoleezza Rice ( ; born November 14, 1954) is an American diplomat and political scientist who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 66th Uni ...

, Co-Chair"Condoleezza Rice" bio
The Aspen Institute

References

External links

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