CSIS Smart Power Series: Utah Tackles the Seven Revolutions

Yesterday, the CSIS Commission on Smart Power held one of its highly anticipated Smart Power Speaker Series events, this time featuring Utah’s Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (R). His presentation, “A Local Perspective on Global Challenges and Opportunities”, was framed to connect current trends in Utah to the CSIS Seven Revolutions project. Pointing out that the shifting global political landscape enables individual sates to again be global actors, Governor Huntsman elaborated about the many global challenges that matter locally and that are thus being tackled at the state level in Utah.

To face these mounting challenges, the governor stressed that leaders must be issue-focused, farsighted, and adaptable. Furthermore, these leaders need to include all stakeholders in roundtable discussions if they hope to develop innovative, bottom-up initiatives to address global challenges and embrace global opportunities.

To watch or listen to this event online, click here. You can also find information about past and upcoming Smart Power Speaker Series events by following the links.