Latest US-China Podcasts
China Policy: The Limits of Transatlantic Convergence with Dr Mathieu Duchâtel
19 March 2024
In February 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Mathieu Duchâtel, Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies at Institut Montaigne about transatlantic convergence between the EU and the United States on China policy. They also discussed the fault lines between the EU and US on China policy, and how China has responded to these divergences, including on Taiwan policy.
The Future of US-China Competition with Dr Ashley Tellis
22 January 2024
In January 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Ashley Tellis, the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about how the US has engaged with China economically in recent decades. They discuss how the US’ strategy towards China has shifted across recent presidencies, the effectiveness of ‘friendshoring’ policies, and decoupling and de-risking relationships between China, the United States, and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Why China Hawks are Wrong with Professor William Wohlforth
18 January 2024
In 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke to spoke to William C. Wohlforth, Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College, about the United States’ role as the world’s unipolar power. They also discuss the rise of China and what this means for the international role of the United States, and his upcoming book, with Jill Kastner, on great power subversion.
The Rise and Fall of the EAST with Professor Yasheng Huang
2 June 2023
In March 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation professor of global economics and management at MIT’s Sloan School of Management about his new book, The Rise and Fall of the EAST, which will be published by Yale University Press in August 2023. They also discussed Chinese technological development over the last three decades, and the challenges China currently faces in developing and maintaining its talent and human capital to support innovation.
How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise with Professor Susan Shirk
21 March 2023
In January 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Susan Shirk, Research Professor and Chair of the 21st Century China Center at UC San Diego about her new book, Overreach: How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise.
Professor Jessica Chen Weiss on China and the International Order
21 February 2023
In November 2022, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government at Cornell University, about China and the future of the international order. They also discussed President Biden’s approach to China, and the future of US-China relations.
China’s Belt and Road with Professor Taylor Fravel
13 February 2023
In November 2022, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Taylor Fravel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about China’s Belt and Road Initiative. They discussed the history and recent developments of the Belt and Road Initiative, the political implications of this project, and the US’ responses to it.
Professor Rana Mitter on historical analogy in US-China relations
6 February 2023
On 27 September 2022, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Rana Mitter of the University of Oxford about China’s changing national narrative. They also discussed nationalism in China and the ways China has engaged in revisionist history with regards to its conception of the current international order.
Interviews in this series are conducted by the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik. The Ballpark podcast is produced by Anderson Tan.
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