Shifrinson Discusses Great Power Competition on Wilson Center Panel
On Thursday, February 4, 2021, Joshua Shifrinson, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was a featured panelist at Woodrow Wilson Center’s 2021 China Fellowship Conference.
The panel, titled “Is a New Cold War Inevitable? Chinese Intentions and the Role of Misperception,” focused on the growing tensions between the United States and China and explored whether these tensions are the result of policy choices or divergent national interests.
Panelists were all Wilson China Fellow’s and touched on their research finding during their presentations. Shifrinson’s project – “The U.S.-China Competition in Historical and Theoretical Perspective” – investigates the course and conduct of different kinds of great power competitions, allowing a better understanding of the current U.S.-China dynamic. Drawing on this, Shifrinson’s remarks focused on what we can learn about U.S.-Chinese competition based on prior instances of great power competition and rivalry.
A recording of the panel can be viewed below.
Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson is an Assistant Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, where his teaching and research interests focus on the intersection of international security and diplomatic history, particularly the rise and fall of great powers and the origins of grand strategy. His work has appeared with International Security, the Journal of Strategic Studies, Foreign Affairs, and other venues. Read more about Professor Shifrinson on his faculty profile.