As part of the Brookings-CSIS project on Advancing Collaboration in an Era of Strategic Competition, Ryan Hass and Ryan McElveen join CSIS scholars Caitlin Welsh, Jude Blanchette, and Lily McElwee to highlight the benefits and opportunities of U.S.-China cooperation on climate-smart agriculture.
On May 21, Ryan Hass moderated a panel discussion evaluating the key challenges and opportunities in U.S.-China collaboration to address global food insecurity. The event featured Shenggen Fan, Joseph Glauber, and Caitlin Welsh.
Ryan Hass argues that Taiwan’s new president, William Lai, will prioritize improving Taiwan’s domestic conditions. Lai deserves to be judged by his actions and statements, rather than by Beijing’s negative portrayal of him, Hass emphasizes.
Gayle Smith, former administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), discusses how the United States and China came together to address the Ebola crisis in the 2010s and lessons that can be taken from that experience.
Brookings delegation meets with International Department Minister Liu Jianchao. (Pictured above)
In May, a Brookings delegation including Suzanne Maloney, Ryan Hass, Patricia Kim, Cheng Li, Kenneth Lieberthal, Ryan McElveen, and Margaret Pearson visited Beijing to engage in the 10th round of the Brookings-CICIR Dialogue on the Future of U.S.-China Relations.
The delegation met with CCP International Department Minister Liu Jianchao, Executive Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, CPCCC Director Liu Jieyi, counterparts at Tsinghua University, and colleagues at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
Past events
Can China offer a real alternative to liberal democracy? On May 22, Brookings hosted College de France Intellectual History of China Chair Anne Cheng for the 19th annual Raymond Aron Lecture. Cheng discussed how China seeks to spread its governance practices to other parts of the world. Following her address, Ryan Hass joined as a discussant for a conversation moderated by Tara Varma.
A conference in memory of Jeffrey A. Bader and David Dollar. Nonresident Senior Fellow Cheng Li organized a conference at The Centre on Contemporary China and the World at the University of Hong Kong and the Asia Society Hong Kong Center to commemorate the work of our former China Center colleagues.
Welcoming R. David Edelman to the China Center
R. David Edelman is the IPRI Distinguished Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He is currently writing and engaging on several projects at the intersection of technology, national security, and international economics including the role of AI and digital supply chains in the U.S.-China relationship; escalation and possibilities for restraint of cyber-enabled conflict; the future of trade and global data flows; and the domestic and international governance of AI systems.
The dynamics of the Russia-China partnership. On an episode of The Current podcast, Angela Stent and Yun Sun discuss Russian and Chinese cooperation over the last two years.
Examining America’s approach toward Taiwan. Writing for the Taipei Times, Ryan Hass breaks down the debate in the United States over how Washington should update its policy for defending Taiwan.
China courts America's top Asian allies on trade, but will it succeed? In The Wall Street Journal, Patricia Kim provides her perspective on China, Japan, and South Korea's signaling the resumption of regular communications.
As China's president tours Europe, he's pressed to help end the Russia-Ukraine war. Yun Sun was interviewed on NPR about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe.
U.S.-China talks on AI risks set to begin in Geneva. Ryan Hass’s commentary about U.S.-China cooperation on AI with Graham Webster was cited in the Washington Post’s tech policy section.
How China would tackle a second Trump term. Yun Sun expounds on China's. potential reaction to a second Trump presidency.
About the China Center at Brookings
The John L. Thornton China Center develops timely, independent analysis and policy recommendations to address long-standing challenges related to U.S.-China relations and China's internal development.
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