Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd is a former Prime Minister of Australia who served two terms (2007-2010, 2013) and is a distinguished statesman and China scholar. A fluent Mandarin speaker with decades of experience in Chinese politics and diplomacy, he brings unique insight to US-China relations. Rudd is President of the Asia Society and a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. His books include "The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China" and "On Xi Jinping: How Xi's Marxist Nationalism is Shaping China and the World," which draw on his extensive knowledge of Chinese leadership and geopolitics.