Events
Book Launch: Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger
March 23, 2010 // 9:30am — 11:00am
The rise of the world's two most populated countries, India and China, is shifting global attention from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Author and journalist Prem Shankar Jha, in his new book, Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger, analyzes the Indian and Chinese economic and political systems with any eye to assessing the future development course of these two giants. Watch the launch of this book and read the event summary here!
China, Africa, and the African Diaspora: Perspectives
December 07, 2009 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
During the last decade and a half, the Chinese presence in Africa has increased significantly in scope, depth and composition, involving an expanding cast of characters and changing relationships.
Book Launch: The Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization
November 04, 2009 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Has the global financial and economic crisis of 2008 activated a Chinese-led Asian shift from an export driven economy to a consumer based one? Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman, Stephen Roach discusses the future of the Asian economic system in his book, The Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization, which was launched at a November 4, 2009 event hosted by the Kissinger Institute. There was commentary from Albert Keidel, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; Nicholas Lardy, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics; and Stanley Roth, Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. State Department. Watch the entire event here!
Book Discussion: Distorted Mirrors: Americans and Their Relations With Russia and China in the Twentieth Century
October 13, 2009 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Eugene Trani, President Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Former Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
China and Climate Security
October 06, 2009 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
China faces grave environmental security risks from sea level rise, increased water scarcity, and projected temperature change. If China takes no measures in meeting these challenges, it will potentially face a humanitarian crisis that will destabilize the population.
The Uncertain Future: Sino-Russian Relations in the 21st Century
October 05, 2009 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Herman Pirchner, Jr., President, American Foreign Policy Council
Negotiating With the Enemy: U.S.-China Talks During the Cold War, 1949-1972
September 24, 2009 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Yafeng Xia, Associate Professor of History, University of Long Island and Margaret Gnoinska, the George Washington University
Shanghai 2010 World Expo: The USA Pavilion
September 16, 2009 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
J. Stapleton Roy, Director, The Kissinger Institute, Moderator; Jose Villarreal, U.S. Commissioner General, Shanghai 2010 Expo; Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, Chinese Ambassador to the United States; Frank Lavin, Chair of the USA Pavilion Steering Committee, Shanghai 2010 Expo
Impact of the Current Financial Crisis on China
June 22, 2009 // 2:00pm — 3:30pm
Ambassador Mei Zhaorong Vice Chairman, China Institute of International Strategic Studies; Former Chairman, Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs
Two Suns in the Heavens: The Sino-Soviet Struggle for Supremacy, 1962-1967
May 20, 2009 // 12:30pm — 2:00pm
Sergey Radchenko, London School of Economics; Mark Kramer, Harvard University