Policy+ Exclusive Roundtable | Examining the "Cold War" Analogy in US-China Relations

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*This event is for Chairman's Circle members and Policy+ subscribers only*

Since the summer of 2018, the US and China have dialed up their aggressive rhetoric and actions. To better understand the current state of the US-China relationship, some observers are drawing on historical precedents and, as a result, the "cold war" analogy is increasingly dominating the headlines. This event will take an in-depth look at the relevance of this descriptor to the present realities, the lessons that can be drawn from the Cold War, and the implications for foreign companies trying to navigate these uncertainties.

We are very excited to be able to bring together experts from the US and China to discuss this topic on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM Beijing Time (Tuesday, August 25, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST) via Microsoft Teams. Speakers will address some of the fundamental questions about the bilateral relationship in their individual remarks, followed by a moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A.

All Policy+ subscribing companies are encouraged to send multiple representatives from both their China office and global headquarters. To ensure a productive discussion, please come with thoughtful questions. Please RSVP by Monday, August 24, 2:00 PM Beijing Time. If you have any questions, please email Chloe Ma at cma@amchamchina.org.

The event will be in English (primarily) and Chinese. Interpretation will be provided. Stay tuned for confirmation of our fourth panelist!

Agenda

August 26, 2020

Main Schedule

8:00 AM - 8:05 AM

Introduction

8:05 AM - 9:00 AM

Presentation

Michael McFaul (Professor of Political Science at Stanford University; Former US Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014))

Yamei Shen (Associate Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Department for International and Strategic Studies of China Institute of International Studies)

Weidong Liu (Deputy Director of Political Studies Department at Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

Rush Doshi (Director of the Brookings China Strategy Initiative and Fellow at Brookings Foreign Policy; Fellow at Yale Paul Tsai China Center)

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A

Katie Beck (Director, Government Affairs and Policy of AmCham China)

Speakers

Michael McFaul

Professor of Political Science at Stanford University; Former US Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014)

Yamei Shen

Associate Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Department for International and Strategic Studies of China Institute of International Studies

Rush Doshi

Director of the Brookings China Strategy Initiative and Fellow at Brookings Foreign Policy; Fellow at Yale Paul Tsai China Center

Weidong Liu

Deputy Director of Political Studies Department at Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Katie Beck

Director, Government Affairs and Policy of AmCham China

Michael McFaul, '86, MA '86, is the Director and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies in Political Science; and the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, all at Stanford University. He was also the Distinguished Mingde Faculty Fellow at the Stanford Center at Peking University from June to August of 2015. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1995. Michael McFaul is also an analyst for NBC News and a contributing columnist to The Washington Post.

He received his B.A. in International Relations and Slavic Languages and his M.A. in Soviet and East European Studies from Stanford University in 1986. As a Rhodes Scholar, he completed his D. Phil. in International Relations at Oxford University in 1991.

He also served for five years in the Obama administration, first as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council at the White House (2009-2012), and then as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014). He has authored several books, including most recently the New York Times bestseller, From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin’s Russia. He is currently writing a book on great power relations in the 21st century.

Ms. SHEN Yamei joined the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) in 2003. She is currently the Deputy Director of the Department for International and Strategic Studies and an associate research fellow specialized in American foreign policy and China-US relations. Previously, she was posted in the Chinese Embassy in Israel from 2006 to 2010. From 2003 to 2006, she worked in the Department of Global Strategy at CIIS, and did several research programs on international arms control and non-proliferation issues, human rights concern in international relations as well as theory and practice of China’s contemporary foreign policy. She graduated from China Foreign Affairs University, with a MA in Law and Diplomacy (2003) and a BA in Law and Diplomacy (2000).

Rush Doshi (杜如松) is the director of the Brookings China Strategy Initiative and a fellow in Brookings Foreign Policy. He is also a fellow at Yale Paul Tsai China Center.

His research focuses on Chinese grand strategy as well as Indo-Pacific security issues. As director of the Brookings China Strategy Initiative, Doshi leads an effort that acquires, digitizes, and analyzes Mandarin-language open sources and studies Chinese behavior to understand the country’s grand strategy. At the Paul Tsai China Center, Doshi manages a project that seeks to audit and improve U.S.-China crisis management mechanisms.

Doshi is currently special advisor to the CEO of the Asia Group and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Previously, Doshi was a member of the Asia Policy Working Group for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, an analyst at the Long Term Strategy Group and Rock Creek Global Advisors, an Arthur Liman Fellow at the Department of State, and a Fulbright Fellow in China. Doshi’s research has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, the Washington Post, International Organization, and the Washington Quarterly, among other publications. Doshi received his doctorate from Harvard University and his bachelor's from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School with a minor in East Asian Studies. He is proficient in Mandarin.

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Policy+ Exclusive Roundtable | Examining the "Cold War" Analogy in US-China Relations

Event Details

Agenda

August 26, 2020

Main Schedule

Speakers

Michael McFaul

Yamei Shen

Rush Doshi

Weidong Liu

Katie Beck

Tickets

Free for all Chairman's Circle Members and Policy+ Subscribers

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