The Banyan Tree Leadership Forum with Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr
Please join us for a discussion with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Bob Carr as he returns to CSIS. The U.S.–Australia alliance is one of the strongest in the world and is based on enduring common values and mutual interests.
Senator Carr was the longest continuously serving premier in New South Wales history and is one of the most respected members of the Australian Labor Party. Senator Carr was named foreign minister by Prime Minister Julia Gillard in March 2012.
Senator Carr has received the Fulbright Distinguished Fellow Award Scholarship and the World Conservation Union International Parks Merit Award. Senator Carr has served as Honorary Scholar of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue, and is the author of Thoughtlines (2002), What Australia Means to Me (2003), and My Reading Life (2008).
Keynote Remarks by:
Senator Bob Carr
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
Introduction by:
Samuel R. Berger
Former National Security Advisor
Moderated by:
Michael J. Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS
Associate Professor, Georgetown University
