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Polaris-Live: U.S and China Relations in the World

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  1. MAR 19

    World Order To World Disorder? Perspective From West Point Profs. Liebert & Silverstone

    "Empires come and go; just look at world history," says Alan Friedman, best selling journalist in his new best seller "The End of America?: A Guide to the New World Disorder." True?  Two history professors from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point weigh in. Dr. Scott Silverstone Professor of International Relations at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he has served on the faculty since 2001. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and early in his career he was as a US Naval officer, flying for an anti-submarine warfare squadron in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and serving as a crisis staff officer in the Pentagon. He is the author of four books on international conflict, preventive war, and crisis escalation. He is currently writing a book on the origins of the ancient Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian War in the 5th century BC.Dr. Hugh Liebert Professor of American Politics in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, where he teaches courses in political philosophy, American politics, and civil-military relations. He also serves as Director of West Point’s Graduate Scholarship Program. Liebert is the author or editor of seven books, including Gibbon’s Christianity and Plutarch’s Politics, which won the Delba Winthrop Award for Excellence in Political Science. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago and a BA from Harvard University

    56 min

  2. MAR 12

    David Lin - Is China's DeepSeek America's AI Wakeup Call?

    David Lin is Senior Director for Future Technology Platforms at the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP).Prior to joining SCSP, David served for 12 years at the U.S. Department of State and the Central Intelligence Agency, focusing on China and technology policy. His expertise includes China’s industrial strategy, data and cybersecurity policies, and digital infrastructure development.During his government tenure, David led multidisciplinary teams providing analytic support to high-level U.S. China policy processes and served as an economic officer responsible for the tech portfolio at the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai. Prior to his government service, David worked at Computer Sciences Corporation (now DXC Technology), where he advised government clients on technology and national security initiatives. He holds a Master’s degree in Security Policy Studies and a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University.

    29 min

  3. MAR 5

    Ajay Srivastava - Trump Reciprocal Tariff's and India

    The U.S. Reciprocal Tariff Plan, introduced by President Donald Trump, aims to counter perceived trade imbalances by imposing higher tariffs on countries with which the U.S. runs a trade deficit.With India-U.S. trade exceeding $125 billion in 2024, Indian exporters in many sectors face significant risks.The Indian government and industry stakeholders should respond strategically to mitigate losses.-------------------------------------------------------------------- AJAY SRIVASTAVAFounder,  Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI, an Indian research group specializing in technology, climate change, and trade. He took voluntary retirement from the Government of India in March 2022, having served as an Indian Trade Service Officer, a Group A civil service. Ajay worked in trade policy formulation and WTO and FTA negotiations, being part of the Indian team negotiating FTAs with ASEAN, Japan, Korea, Australia, the EU, and others. He holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, and writes regularly for the Indian media including Business Standard, Hindu Business Line, and Times of India. He is the author of books such as 'Stop Talking, Start Exporting,' 'The GST Nation,' and 'Business Guide to FTAs.'

    31 min

  4. FEB 28

    Pou Sothirak - Cambodia, ASEAN and U.S. - China Relations

    The Indo-Pacific is vital for US supremacy and as such, Trump is unlikely to drastically alter the existing structure that undergirds relations between the US and the region. Nonetheless, how Trump implements his strategies for the region is of concern for US allies, especially with his “America First” stance in foreign policy. A renewed focus on ASEAN will continue to be essential for lasting stability amid China tensionsAMBASSADOR POU SOTHIRAKPou Sothirak is a retired academic and Distinguished Senior Adviser to the Cambodian Center for Regional Studies (CCRS). Previously secretary of state at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, he remains an adviser to the Cambodian government. He has extensive experience in international relations through his time as a visiting senior research fellow at Singapore’s Institute of Southeast Asia Studies (ISEAS) and as Cambodian Ambassador to Japan. He was Minister of Industry, Mines, and Energy of Cambodia from 1993-1998.

    37 min

  5. FEB 19

    Zha Daojiong - Trump 2.0 Beijing View

    ZHA Daojiong is Professor of International Political Economy in the School of International Studies and the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, Peking University, Beijing, China.His areas of expertise include non-traditional security studies, international political economy and China’s international economic relations. His research publications cover such topics as energy, cross-boundary water management, development aid and public health, and international development cooperation. He also contributes opinion pieces in newspapers including the South China Morning Post. He studied at the University of Hawaii and the East West Center, where he earned a Doctorate in Political Science. Before joining the faculty of Peking University, he taught in the University of Macau, International University of Japan, Miyazaki International College, and Renmin University of China.

    31 min

  6. FEB 12

    T.V. Paul - The world and Trump 2.0's new America

    The 2nd inauguration of Donald Trump didn’t just herald the Presidency of another U.S. chief executive to lead the America for the next 4 years. It heralded a President who promised a wholesale redesign of the Presidency and the norms that channeled and guided American behavior within and without America.Trump 2.0 is bringing forth America 2.0 – a country that will believe in might versus right, a reversal of the open trading system, a shrinkage of U.S. Departments that were considered indispensable including: Education, International AID, and a wholesale replacement of critically important Departments’ leadership and staffs by firing long time career officials and and hiring only those who have unquestioning loyalty to Mr. Trump, including the Departments of Justice, the Central Intelligence Agency, the FBI, and the Director of National Intelligence.However, in the the attempt to re-craft the historical trajectory that U.S. has followed for generations we have only heard from the U.S. so far. How will the countries of the global south/majority react to this new unbound America? How will countries of the global south/global majority, ASEAN, BRICS, etc. not to mention China react and how will they attempt to re-draft their strategies (individually or collectively) to try and fit into a dramatically changing America, while keeping their economies and national interest reasonably intact. Professor T V PaulJames McGill Professor of International Relations in the department of Political Science at McGill University. Paul specializes and teaches courses in international relations, especially international security, regional security and South Asia. He is the author or editor of 21 books and nearly 85 journal articles or book chapters. In September 2018, Paul became a Fellow (Elected) of the Royal Society of Canada. He delivered the presidential address on the theme: “Recasting Statecraft: International Relations and the Strategies of Peaceful Change.” In the presentation, he called for the International Relations discipline to devote more attention to strategies for achieving enduring peace among states.His most recent book is the best-selling, “The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status From Nehru to Modi“.

    30 min

  7. FEB 5

    Thomas Daniel - ASEAN - Malaysia prepares for Trump 2.0

    Mr. Daniel is a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy and Security Studies program at the Center of Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)- Malaysia. His interests lie in the strategic-security challenges of Southeast Asia, including the impacts of major power dynamics on the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).On 20 January, with the inauguration of Donald Trump as President the United States proclaimed that world’s biggest and most powerful country was getting off the globally interconnected, rules-based system of which it was an integral part the day before.American national interests are now going to be paramount in dealing with the world, the incoming President said, and America alone would decide and enforce its ideas of what was good for America, with financial and trade sanctions, and military power if necessary.How is the rest of the world going to react to this new America? How will Trump 2.0’s changes impact the role of the Association of South East Asian States (ASEAN) of which Malaysia is the chair this year. And more importantly, what will be the reaction from China, the world’s other superpower and the only country that has the economic and military means to give pause to America’s might makes right rules.

    29 min
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