Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd is an international relations expert and former Australian politician who was twice Prime Minister of Australia (2007 to 2010; 2013).

TED Speaker Bio
"Drawing on a deep knowledge of Chinese culture, language and history (and as a Senior Fellow with Harvard’s Belfer Center), Kevin Rudd and his colleagues study alternate courses for US-China relations that guide us away from a seemingly inevitable confrontation. As Prime Minister during the global financial crisis (and as one of the founders of the G20), Rudd helped keep Australia out of recession with a stimulus strategy lauded by the IMF as exemplary among its member states. Rudd is also President of the Asia Society Policy Institute, a think tank specializing in Asian affairs... In March 2015, Rudd published "China under Xi Jinping: Alternative Futures for U.S.-China Relations," a series of three addresses on American and Chinese values, perceptions, interests, and strategic intentions, and their impact on the possibility of developing a common narrative for U.S.-China relations for the future." – Source: TED

Talks

 * Kevin Rudd: Are China and the US doomed to conflict? (March 2015)

Links

 * Official website
 * Opening Gambit: A recap of the talks in Session 1 at TED2015 by Thu-Huong Ha, Kate Torgovnick May and Cynthia Betubiza (March 16, 2015), TED Blog