Retrench, Defend, Compete: Securing America’s Future Against a Rising China

Name: Retrench, Defend, Compete: Securing America’s Future Against a Rising China
Start: 2026-03-12T12:15:00-0400
End: 2026-03-12T13:45:00-0400

Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

In his new book, Retrench, Defend, Compete, Charles Glaser promotes an alternative U.S. strategy toward China that would retrench from some U.S. commitments in Asia and bolster others.

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Date: Thu, Mar 12, 2026 Time: 12:15pm - 01:45pm Location: One Brattle Square, 350

Speaker
Charles L. Glaser

Speaker: Charles L. Glaser, Senior Fellow, Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University

The debate about U.S. policy toward China hinges on rarely stated judgments about the nature of the challenge. Is China mainly a revisionist or a status quo state? Should the United States keep all its international commitments amid China’s rise? What military posture can best defend those commitments? In Retrench, Defend, Compete, Charles Glaser assesses these first-order questions and promotes an alternative U.S. strategy toward China that would retrench from some U.S. commitments in Asia and bolster others.

Admittance is on a first come–first served basis. Tea and Coffee Provided.