Dr. Arne Westad - "The Drivers of Chinese Foreign Policy"

Описание: Over the past decade China’s foreign policy has become significantly more assertive, both in a regional and a global context. What are the drivers for this change? What is the interplay between ideological and perceptual changes and bureaucratic politics? Are there clear links between China’s domestic challenges and its foreign policy behavior? And how do we best evaluate change in Chinese foreign policy, given the increasing difficulties with getting information from within the system itself?

Dr. Arne Westad, of Yale, speaks on these topics and more, as part of the Wednesday Seminar Series presented by MIT SSP.

Arne Westad is a scholar of modern international and global history, with a specialization in the history of eastern Asia since the 18th century. Originally from Ålesund on the Norwegian coast, he studied history, philosophy, and modern languages in Oslo before doing a graduate degree in US/international history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Westad has published 16 books, most of which deal with twentieth century Asian and global history.

Program recorded via Zoom with delivery to MIT SSP conference room on Oct. 6, 2021.