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Tea’d talk to target challenges from China

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In a talk titled “America and China: The Geo-Strategic Competition of the 21st Century,” retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Charles W. Martoglio, will discuss China’s competition with America and its increasing use of coercion in the Western Pacific at the Ramona Tea’d forum on Saturday, July 30.

Martoglio will focus on the challenges facing American and Chinese leaders, China’s changing approach to its rise, the diplomatic and military tools China employs, what’s going on in the South and East China Seas, and mitigating the risk of conflict that could arise from the competition. He will also discuss why America is likely to maintain its preeminent position in the world during the coming decades, despite the competition from China.

A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Martoglio served as one of U.S. military’s leading strategists, planners and politico-military advisers on global, European, Asia-Pacific and Levant security issues. At sea he commanded the Ronald Reagan Aircraft Carrier Strike Group, Destroyer Squadron Twenty-Three, and USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62). Ashore he served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations as director of Strategy and Policy, as deputy commander of U.S. military forces in Europe, and as director for Operations at U.S. Pacific Command.

Martoglio works as a senior research fellow at University of California San Diego and is an adviser to the U.S. Department of Defense. He and his wife, Darlene, live in Coronado and are active in the San Diego community.

The forum, open to the public, will be in Ramona Mainstage, 626 Main St. Doors will open at 11 a.m. and the programs will begin at noon. Early arrival is recommended because seating is limited. Food and drinks are available on site. For more information, see www.ramonatead.com.

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