U.S. Foreign Policy, Trump, and China

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As President Trump returns from his first visit to China as Commander-in-Chief, how is U.S. foreign policy reacting to a new administration in Washington and a new rising power in Beijing? Join Ambassador and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Nicholas Burns in conversation with Jeeyang Rhee Baum, Ezra Vogel, and Odd Arne Westad, moderated by Michael Szonyi.

Date: Thu, Dec 7, 2017 Time: 12:30pm - 01:55pm Location: Tsai Auditorium, Room S-010

U.S. Foreign Policy, Trump, and China

As President Trump returns from his first visit to China as Commander-in-Chief, how is U.S. foreign policy reacting to a new administration in Washington and a new rising power in Beijing?

The Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation present Ambassador and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Nicholas Burns, in conversation with Jeeyang Rhee Baum, Ezra Vogel, and Odd Arne Westad, moderated by Michael Szonyi.

Speaker:
Ambassador (Ret.) Nicholas Burns, Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School; Former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Discussants:
Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus, Harvard University

Odd Arne Westad, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School

Jeeyang Rhee Baum, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Moderator:
Michael Szonyi, Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Professor of Chinese History

This event was sponsored by Harvard’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance, and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.