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Seminar

The Future of Russo-Chinese Competition in Central Asia

Open to the Public

The MIT Security Studies Programinvites you to the second lecture in the series:“After 2014: What Next for Central  and South Asia?”

Guest Speaker

Stephen Blank
Senior Fellow, the American Foreign Policy Council
“The Future of Russo-Chinese Competition in Central Asia”

Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Location: Lucian Pye Room (E40-496)
Time: 4-6 PM

Date: Time: - Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

About

Guest Speaker

Stephen Blank
Senior Fellow, the American Foreign Policy Council
“The Future of Russo-Chinese Competition in Central Asia”

Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Location: Lucian Pye Room (E40-496)
Time: 4-6 PM

 

Members of the public are welcome to attend.


STEPHEN BLANK is a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, www.afpc.org. From 1989-2013 he was a Professor of Russian National Security Studies at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania. Dr. Blank has been Professor of National Security Affairs at the Strategic Studies Institute since 1989. In 1998-2001 he was Douglas MacArthur Professor of Research at the War College.

Much has recently been written about China's new Silk Road  project.  In fact  that project has been developing for years; China has grown to be the most consequential economic, if not political power, in Central Asia, and mainly at Russia's expense. This talk will focus on several of the key issues where China has blocked Russian gambits in Central Asia and successfully gained a robust position in Central Asia.