David Lampton is the Dean of Faculty and director of China Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. In response to the question, what if China fails, he's written a piece titled, "We'd better hope it doesn't." Douglas Besharov is a professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy and director of the University's Center for International Policy Exchanges. Keeping with the economics theme, he's co-authored the article, "The Global Budget Race."

Once each quarter, we take a look at the latest issue of the Wilson Center's flagship publication, The Wilson Quarterly, with the help of its editor, Steve Lagerfeld. This week on dialogue host John Milewski sits down with Steve as well as two contributors to the current issue. David Lampton is the Dean of Faculty and director of China Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. In response to the question, what if China fails, he's written a piece titled, "We'd better hope it doesn't." Douglas Besharov is a professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy and director of the University's Center for International Policy Exchanges. Keeping with the economics theme, he's co-authored the article, "The Global Budget Race."