Fireside Chat with H.E. Kevin Rudd, Ambassador of Australia to the U.S.

Join the conversation as the Honorable Kevin Rudd, Ambassador of Australia to the U.S., sits down for a fireside chat with Edmund Malesky, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Duke Center for International Development.

About the speaker:
Born and raised in country Queensland, Kevin Rudd became Australia's 26th Prime Minister in 2007 after leading the Australian Labor Party into government after more than eleven years in opposition.

Kevin served as Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010, and again in 2013. He was also Australia's Foreign Minister between 2010 and 2012.

A global authority on China, the Australian Government announced in December 2022 that he would be appointed Australia's Ambassador to the United States in Washington DC.

About the facilitator:
Edmund (Eddy) Malesky is a professor of political economy at Duke University and a noted specialist in economic development, authoritarian institutions and comparative political economy in Vietnam.

He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at Duke's Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and Sanford School of Public Policy.

Professor Malesky also serves as the director of the Duke Center for International Development (DCID) and as chair of the executive council for the Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG).