MIT Starr Forum: The Future of US - China Relations

M. Taylor Fravel, Eric Heginbotham, Ketian Vivian Zhang, Ali Wyne

February 24, 2022 4:30PM

Virtual Event

Please register for this Zoom event at https://bit.ly/USAChinaRelations

Moderator:

Taylor Fravel is Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and Director of the MIT Security Studies Program (SSP). He studies international relations, with a focus on international security, China, and East Asia.

Panelists:

Eric Heginbotham is a principal research scientist at MIT’s Center for International Studies (CIS) and SSP. He is a specialist in Asian security issues. Before joining MIT, he was a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, where he led research projects on China, Japan, and regional security issues.

Ketian Vivian Zhang is an assistant professor of international Security in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. She studies rising powers, coercion, economic statecraft, and maritime disputes in international relations and social movements in comparative politics, with a regional focus on China and East Asia.

Ali Wyne is a senior analyst with Eurasia Group's Global Macro practice, where he focuses on US-China relations and great-power competition. He is the author of a forthcoming book, America's Great-Power Opportunity: Revitalizing US Foreign Policy to Meet the Challenges of Strategic Competition.

Co-sponsors:  MIT Center for International Studies (CIS), Security Studies Program (SSP)

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