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This seminar will examine the strengths and weaknesses of China's and Japan's crisis management mechanisms and the implications of nascent national security councils in both countries for crisis (in)stability in the East China Sea. It will also examine the prospects for, and obstacles to, more effective crisis management in both countries.

Co-sponsored by the International Security Program and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

What factors shape the military trajectories of rapidly industrializing rising powers in the modern era? This seminar will explore the role of two generally overlooked non-material variables—the normative influence of the contemporaneous hegemon and national identity—in shaping a rising power's military force development and employment decisions during periods of rapid development. It will also discuss some of the implications for contemporary U.S. strategy toward rising China.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.