Wilson Center
The Tenth Annual Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Memorial Lecture on US-East Asia Relations
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Overview
Is American Strategy in Asia Working?
After a decade of Xi Jinping’s aggressive foreign policy, Washington policymakers and US allies in the region are more unified than ever around the goal of maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific. The US-Japan-India-Australia Quad enjoys bipartisan support in all four countries; public support for the US-ROK and US-Japan alliances stands at record heights; Australia has entered an unprecedented defense technology alliance with the US and Britain in AUKUS; Japan and Korea are back on track, and Manila is deepening defense cooperation with Washington and Tokyo. Yet Beijing is not really changing course. Does that matter? Does Xi see weaknesses Washington is missing? Is there a soft underbelly to US strategy in Southeast Asia? Is the lack of a robust US trade strategy undermining progress on the security front? Is the 2024 election undermining US credibility? Michael Green assessed the current American position in Asia from historical and policy perspectives to answer the question: is American strategy working?
Previous Lectures
How, and Why, China-U.S. Relations have Worsened Since 2012? with Prof. Wang Jisi (2022)
Sino-American Relations and International Law - Lessons for Today with Jack Downey (2019)
Sustaining Taiwan through the 21st Century with Shelley Rigger (2018)
America First: Provincialism and Internationalism in U.S. Foreign Relations with Bruce Cummings (2017)
Present Pasts: The Politics of Memory in East Asia with Carol Gluck (2016)
The United States and China: Same Bed, Different Dreams, Shared Destiny with Thomas Fingar (2015)
Tough Calls: Difficult Assessments and Hard Choices in U.S. Policy Toward China with Harry Harding (2014)
Sino-American Relations: Amour or Les Miserables? with Ambassador Winston Lord (2013)
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Michael J. Green
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Indo-Pacific Program
The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region. Read more
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