The Future of U.S.-China Relations: A Debate

Monday, May 21, 2018

3:30 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

Bell Harbor International Conference Center

2211 Alaskan Way
Seattle, Washington
98121

On Monday, May 21, the World Affairs Council of Seattle hosted a debate on the future of Sino-American relations. This debate, convened by the Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy program and the Charles Koch Institute, in partnership with POLITICO, is the fifth in a series of thematic debates on America’s role in the world.

Hosted in cities around the United States, this series seeks to foster a vigorous, civil and constructive national discussion on the future of American foreign policy. The Seattle debate will address the future of relations between the United States and China, the nature of American interests in the Asia-Pacific, and how the United States should engage diplomatically, military, and economically in East Asia in the 21st century.

Jacqueline Miller, president and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Seattle, provided opening remarks.

Agenda

May 21
- Reception
  
  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
- Introductory remarks
  
  6:30 pm - 6:35 pm
  
  Jacqueline Miller President and CEO - World Affairs Council of Seattle @millerjackiem
- Debaters
  
  6:35 pm - 8:00 pm
  
  Moderator
  
  Jacqueline Klimas National Security Reporter - Politico @jacqklimas
  
  Mona Lee Locke Vice President of Strategy and Business Development - MG2
  
  Panelist
  
  Bonnie Glaser Managing Director of the Indo-Pacific Program - The German Marshall Fund of the United States @BonnieGlaser
  
  Ryan Hass David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center, Center for East Asia Policy Studies @ryanl_hass
  
  David C. Kang Professor, International Relations and Business - University of Southern California, Director, Korean Studies Institute - University of Southern California @daveckang
  
  Eugene Gholz Associate Professor of Political Science - University of Notre Dame