Cold Rivals

Mike and Jude are joined by Evan Medeiros, Penner Family Chair in
Asian Studies and the Cling Family Senior Fellow in US-China
Relations at Georgetown University. He is also a Senior Advisor
with The Asia Group and previously served for six years on the
staff of the National Security Council as Director for China,
Taiwan and Mongolia - and then as Special Assistant to the
President and Senior Director for Asia. He is editor and
contributing author to the recent book Cold Rivals: The New Era of
US-China Strategic Competition.  The conversation begins by
evaluating the relative successes and failures of U.S. engagement
toward China over previous decades and the state of the U.S.-China
relationship. They review the field of China studies in the United
States, exploring how it has adjusted in recent years in response
to a changing China and evolving bilateral ties. After assessing
the effects of Xi Jinping’s arrival on China’s political stage on
bilateral relations and the current state of crisis communications
between the U.S. and China, they conclude by forecasting the what
the relationship will hold in the coming years and the challenges
and pitfalls of managing strategic competition.