9/14: The China Challenge: Shaping the Choice of a Rising Power

Date: Monday, Sept. 14, 2015

Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Location: Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road

China is primarily seen as a threatening rival superpower to the United States, especially in the context of U.S. relations and alliances in the Asia-Pacific.  In his new book The China Challenge:  Shaping the Choice of a Rising Power, Thomas J. Christensen argues against this zero-sum vision.  On the contrary, he explains and examines a new paradigm in which the U.S. must dissuade China from instigating regional aggression while still encouraging the country’s participation in regional and global order.  Drawing on decades of scholarship and experience as a senior diplomat, Christensen offers a compelling new assessment of U.S.-China relations that is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of the globalized world.

Professor Christensen is William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War and Director of the China and the World Program at Princeton University.  His research and teaching focus on China’s foreign relations, the international relations of East Asia, and international security.

Please join us and Professor Christensen for BU CSA’s first event of the Fall 2015 semester on Monday, September 14, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. as we discuss the challenges faced by the U.S. and China in the present and future.