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“The Return of Great Powers” with Jim Sciutto

  • Guggenheim Partners 330 Madison Avenue New York, NY, 10017 United States (map)

“The Return of Great Powers”

with

Jim Sciutto

CNN’s chief national security analyst, and former chief of staff & senior advisor to U.S. Ambassador to China, Gary Locke

Thursday, September 19th, 5:30-7:00 pm ET.

In-person at Guggenheim Partners, NYC.

Followed by intimate, post-event dinner, reserved for Executive Members and above

As the world’s leaders gather in New York for the 79th UN General Assembly, the spotlight intensifies on the escalating power dynamics among the U.S., Russia, and China. In a timely and exclusive appearance, CNN’s Chief National Security analyst Jim Sciutto joins The Common Good to dissect this high-stakes geopolitical chess match. Drawing insights from his bestselling book, The Return of Great Powers, Sciutto will explore the precarious balance of power and the potential implications for a new global order.

Cap off the night and continue the conversation at an exclusive dinner following the event in a nearby venue, open to Executive Members and above.

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About Our Speaker

Jim Sciutto is CNN’s chief national security analyst and anchor of CNN Newsroom with Jim Sciutto weekdays from 3-4pm ET on CNN Max and CNN International. Sciutto reports and provides analysis on all aspects of U.S. national security including foreign policy, the military, intelligence community and the State Department. 

Throughout his career, he has reported from more than 50 countries across the globe including dozens of assignments from inside Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran, as well as multiple assignments in Ukraine and the Middle East. Sciutto is the author of four books, including the New York Times Bestseller, The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China and the Next World War, published in 2024 by Dutton Books, which examines the breakdown of a decades-old international order among the world’s strongest powers. He also wrote The Shadow War, published in 2019, on Russian and Chinese efforts to undermine the U.S., and an inside look at President Trump’s foreign policy, entitled The Madman Theory: Trump Takes on the World, published in 2020, both by Harper Collins. His first book, Against Us: The New Face of America’s Enemies in the Muslim World, analyzes the driving forces behind Islamic radicalization. 

Among the honors Sciutto’s work has earned are the duPont-Colombia Award, Emmy Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Award, the George Polk Award and the White House Correspondence Association’s Merriman Smith Award for excellence in presidential coverage. 

Prior to joining CNN, Sciutto served as ABC News’ senior foreign correspondent, based in London, and the Hong Kong-based correspondent for Asia Business News. Sciutto began his career as the moderator and producer of a weekly public affairs talk show on PBS. Sciutto has also served as chief of staff and senior advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to China, Gary Locke.

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