Description
Book SynopsisThis book aims to help readers make sense of our changing world by sharing the views of global thought leaders on some of the most important issues of our time, from US-China relations and global governance to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ten dialogues in this book were part of the “China and the World” series of online discussions hosted by the Center for China and Globalization (CCG). The series features CCG President Huiyao Wang in conversation with experts from a range of fields, from renowned scholars of international relations, economics, and history, to journalists, policymakers, and business leaders.
The speakers featured in this book are Graham Allison, David Blair, Kerry Brown, Anne Case, Li Chen, Wendy Cutler, Angus Deaton, Thomas L. Friedman, Valerie Hansen, Pascal Lamy, Kishore Mahbubani, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Adam Posen, J. Stapleton Roy, John L. Thornton, Huiyao Wang, Martin Wolf, and Zhu Guangyao.
These wide-ranging discussions offer unique insights and perspectives on key trends shaping our world in the 21st century. These include the rise of China and shifts in geopolitics, as well as the evolving nature of globalization, transnational threats, and multilateralism.
This is an open access book.
This is an open access book.
Table of ContentsChapter 1:
China and the World in an Era of Crisis and Renewal - Dialogue with Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at FTChapter 2:
The World is Faster, Deeper, More Fused and Open, also Fragile - Dialogue with Thomas L. Friedman, bestselling author, reporter, New York Times columnist, and three-time Pulitzer Prize winnerChapter 3: US-China Balance of Power - Dialogue with Joseph S. Nye Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor and former Dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, coiner of the concept of “soft power”.Chapter 4:
China and the World in an Era of Crisis and Renewal - Dialogue with Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator and Associate Editor at the Financial TimesChapter 5:
Understanding inequality in a globalizing world: lessons for the 21st century - Dialogue with Nobel Laureate Sir Angus Deaton, Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus at Princeton University and Prof. Anne Case, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Emeritus at Princeton University.Chapter 6:
The World a Thousand Years Ago: How Globalization Has Changed Human Society - Dialogue with Valerie Hansen, Historian, Sinologist and the Stanley Woodward Professor of History at Yale University.
