Please join the CSIS China Power Project on Thursday, October 5 from 9:30 am-5:30 pm EDT for our eighth annual conference featuring keynote remarks and leading experts debating core issues underpinning China’s power. Please save the date and join us in-person or virtually for a full day of debates and keynote remarks by Dr. Ely Ratner, assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs at the United States Department of Defense.
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York
Dr. Ely Ratner, assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, United States Department of Defense
Proposition: The United States and China are making progress in creating a “floor” in U.S.-China relations to manage tensions and crises.
FOR: Mr. Rick Waters, managing director, China Practice, Eurasia Group
AGAINST: Mr. Dan Blumenthal, senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Proposition: Xi Jinping has signaled that reunification with Taiwan is a legacy issue that he must achieve during his term in office.
Speaker 1: Ms. Bonnie Glaser, managing director, Indo-Pacific Program, German Marshall Fund
Speaker 2: Mr. Chad Sbragia, research staff member, Institute for Defense Analysis; former deputy assistant secretary of defense for China, Department of Defense
Proposition: China is more likely to blockade Taiwan than invade the island in the next five years.
FOR: Mr. Lonnie Henley, senior fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
AGAINST: Dr. Phil Saunders, director, Center for the Chinese Military Affairs, National Defense University
Proposition: The United States and China are locked in a new Cold War.
FOR: Dr. Michael Beckley, director, Asia Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute; associate professor, Tufts University; nonresident senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute
AGAINST: Dr. Arne Westad, professor, Jackson School of Global Affairs, Yale University
Proposition: China’s accelerated expansion of its nuclear arsenal represents a shift in China’s nuclear strategy and doctrine.
FOR: Dr. Tong Zhao, senior fellow, Nuclear Policy Program and Carnegie China, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
AGAINST: Dr. Fiona Cunningham, assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania
