While frictions between the United States and China in the areas of
trade and technology are certainly noteworthy, the most critical
driver of potential instability between Washington and Beijing
actually consists of clashing security perceptions and policies. What
is the status of bilateral security ties and how might they develop
going forward? What can be gleaned from China’s 2019 Defense White
Paper about Beijing’s military strategy? Will we see increasing
competition between the two countries in the security arena?

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Michael Swaine is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace and one of the most prominent American analysts in
Chinese security studies. Formerly a senior policy analyst at the RAND
Corporation, Swaine is a specialist in Chinese defense and foreign
policy, U.S.-China relations, and East Asian international relations.

He has authored and edited more than a dozen books and monographs and
many journal articles and book chapters in these areas, directs
several security-related projects with Chinese partners, and advises
the U.S. government on Asian security issues. He received his
doctorate in government from Harvard University.

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