Date: Tuesday 18 February 2014
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor John Ikenberry
Discussants: Professor Michael Cox
Chair: Dr Kirsten Schulze

Event update: Tuesday 18 February, due to unforeseen circumstances, Professor Arne Westad is no longer able to participate in this event.

Will the future belong to the new rising powers of Asia revolving around China or the West still led by the United States? These three distinguished analysts will argue that the answer may be even more complex and significant than current protagonists in the debate believe.

John Ikenberry is the Albert G Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University in the Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Michael Cox is founding co-director of LSE IDEAS and professor of International Relations at LSE.

Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEasiarising

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