Re: Fwd: WEBINAR: Thomas Fingar | Was America’s China Poli cy a Foolish Failure?

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Well, if the COVID-19 keeps us all quarantined for two years or longer (a
distinct possibility), I think each country will be forced to adopt
isolationist policies.

 > From: "Heather L. Howard" <http://www.stanford.edu/~hlhoward>
 > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 23:34:21 +0000
 >
 > ________________________________
 > From: China Program - APARC <http://www.stanford.edu/~cvwells>
 > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 9:00 AM
 > To: Heather L. Howard
 > Subject: WEBINAR: Thomas Fingar | Was America�s China Policy a Foolish Failure?
 > 
 > Upcoming Webinar
 > 
 > Was America�s China Policy a Foolish Failure?
 > The Logic and Achievements of Engagement
 > 
 > Thomas Fingar
 > 
 > Shorenstein APARC Fellow
 > Stanford University
 > 
 > April 22, 2020
 > 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
 > 
 > Much recent commentary on US relations with China claims that the policy of �
 > Engagement� was a foolish and failed attempt to transform the People�s Republic 
 > into an American style democracy that instead created an authoritarian rival. 
 > This narrative mocks the policies of eight US administrations to justify calls 
 > for �Decoupling� and �Containment 2.0.� Fingar�s talk will challenge this 
 > narrative by examining the origins, logic, and achievements of Engagement and 
 > explain why Decoupling is neither wise nor attainable.
 > 
 > Thomas Fingar is a Shorenstein APARC Fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for 
 > International Studies at Stanford University. He was the inaugural 
 > Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow from 2010 through 2015 and the Payne 
 > Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford in 2009. From 2005 through 2008, he served 
 > as the first deputy director of national intelligence for analysis and, 
 > concurrently, as chairman of the National Intelligence Council. Fingar served 
 > previously as assistant secretary of the State Department�s Bureau of 
 > Intelligence and Research (2000-01 and 2004-05), principal deputy assistant 
 > secretary (2001-03), deputy assistant secretary for analysis (1994-2000), 
 > director of the Office of Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific (1989-94), and 
 > chief of the China Division (1986-89). Between 1975 and 1986 he held a number 
 > of positions at Stanford University, including senior research associate in the 
 > Center for International Security and Arms Control.
 > 
 > Fingar is a graduate of Cornell University (A.B. in Government and History, 
 > 1968), and Stanford University (M.A., 1969 and Ph.D., 1977 both in political 
 > science). His most recent books are The New Great Game: China and South and 
 > Central Asia in the Era of Reform, editor (Stanford, 2016), Uneasy Partnerships:
 >  China and Japan, the Koreas, and Russia in the Era of Reform (Stanford, 2017), 
 > and Fateful Decisions: Choices that will Shape China�s Future, co-edited with 
 > Jean Oi (Stanford, 2020).