Speaker: Kurt M. Campbell Presider: Randy Schriver
Listen to Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for east Asia and pacific affairs, provide a glimpse into potential futures of the U.S.-China relationship in 2025.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, China 2025, which was cosponsored with the Project 2049 Institute.
Listen to Senior Fellow for Japan Studies Sheila Smith give a preview of the parliamentary election to take place in Japan on August 30, and discuss its potential outcomes for both Japan and the United States.
Speaker: Philip P. Pan Introductory Speaker: Richard N. Haass Presider: James F. Hoge Jr.
Listen to Philip Pan discuss his book Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China, recipient of the 2009 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.
Speaker: Bruce W. MacDonald Introductory Speaker: Charles D. Ferguson Presider: Thomas Behling
Listen to Bruce Walter MacDonald, senior director, Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, discuss China's space, counterspace, and satellite programs and their implications for U.S.-China relations.
Speakers: Ted Koppel and Adam Segal Presider: David E. Sanger
Listen to Ted Koppel, managing editor of the Discovery Channel, and CFR senior fellow Adam Segal discuss The People's Republic of Capitalism, a documentary series on the rapid rise of China and its role in the global economy.
Listen to C. Fred Bersten, director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, discuss the latest round of U.S.-China economic talks and his upcoming Foreign Affairs article.
Speaker: David H. McCormick Presider: Paul Calello
Listen to David H. McCormick, the U.S. Treasury Department's undersecretary for international affairs, discuss issues critical to the economic relationship between China and the United States.
Listen to Elizabeth C. Economy, CFR's C.V. Starr senior fellow and director of Asia studies, discuss the impact of China's economic growth on the environment with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.
Listen to Dennis C. Blair, former commander-in-chief of the Pacific Command, and Carla A. Hills, chairman and chief executive officer of Hills & Company, summarize the findings of the Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored Independent Task Force report , U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course.
Listen to Dennis C. Blair, former commander-in-chief of the Pacific Command, and Carla A. Hills, chairman and chief executive officer of Hills & Company, discuss the recent Council on Foreign Relations-sponsored Independent Task Force report, U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course, which they cochaired.
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Special operations play a critical role in how the United States confronts irregular threats, but to have long-term strategic impact, the author argues, numerous shortfalls must be addressed.
The author analyzes the potentially serious consequences, both at home and abroad, of a lightly overseen drone program and makes recommendations for improving its governance.
Two experts argue that despite myriad development strategies, only one can succeed in alleviating poverty in India: the overall growth of the country's economy. More