The Hon. Kevin Rudd, president and CEO of Asia Society, served as Australia's 26th Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010, then as Foreign Minister from 2010 to 2012, before returning as Prime Minister in 2013.

He discusses major topics of his new book, "The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China"

Rudd graduated from the Australian National University with honors in Chinese studies, and is fluent in Mandarin. He also studied at the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei.