Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Hearing on the U.S.-China Relationship: Economics and Security in Perspective
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission hearing in Washington, DC.
Where
OPENING STATEMENTS
Thursday, February 1
Panel I: Congressional Perspectives
- Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-VA, 4th Dist.) (HTML)(PDF)
- Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) (HTML)(PDF)
- Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) (HTML)(PDF)
- Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) (HTML)(PDF)
Panel II: Administration Perspectives
- The Honorable Richard Lawless, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, Washington, DC (HTML)(PDF)
- Mr. David L. Pumphrey, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Energy Cooperation, Washington, DC (Statement PDF, Attachment PDF)
Panel III: U.S.-China Relations in Review
- Mr. James Mann, FPI Author-in-Residence, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
- Dr. Phillip Saunders, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington, DC
Panel IV: The U.S.-China Economics & Trade Relationship
- Ms. Thea Lee, Policy Director, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
- Mr. Grant Aldonas, William M. Scholl Chair in International Business, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
- Dr. Peter Navarro, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, CA (HTML) (PDF)
Friday, February 2
Panel V: The U.S.-China Military & Security Relationship
- Dr. Thomas P. Ehrhard, Senior Analyst, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
- Colonel Charles Hooper, Senior Lecturer, Chair, Foreign Area Officer Education, Training and Development, Senior Army Representative, School of International Graduate Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (HTML) (PDF)
- Mr. Kenneth Allen, Senior Analyst, The CNA Corporation, Alexandria, VA (HTML) (PDF)
Panel VI: Prospects for U.S.-China Political Cooperation and Diplomacy
- Dr. Edward Friedman, Hawkins Chair Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (HTML) (PDF)
- Dr. Shiping Hua, Senior Fellow, McConnell Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (HTML) (PDF)
- Dr. Alan M. Wachman, Associate Professor of International Politics, The Fletcher, Tufts University, Medford, MA (PDF)
Panel VII: Administration Perspectives
- Dr. Thomas J. Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, represented by Mr. John Norris, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
- Dr. Robert Dohner, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Asia International Affairs, Washington, DC
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.