The dangerous U.S.-China competition for Asia-Pacific hegemony continues apace. The U.S. National Security Strategy is clear that the Post Cold War era is over, and that the competition among the great power to shape what follows is on. Flashpoint military confrontations in the South and East China Seas and over Taiwan, and the U.S.-Chinese arms races threaten regional, even nuclear, war. And, despite the two great powers economic interdependence, the escalating trade war threatens people’s livelihoods and their economic security.
This event will be an introduction for concerned people who have been hesitant to make the dive into understanding the history, tensions, and alternatives to the world’s most important and potentially dangerous strategic relationship.
