杏吧论坛

The Origins of the US-China Chip War with Dr John Minnich
14 April 2025 

In March 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr John Minnich, Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at 杏吧论坛 about why semiconductors are so important in the global economy, and why the US is willing to go to what Dr Minnich terms, economic war, over them. They also discussed how the semiconductor trade is framed as a national security issue in the US and China, and how President Trump may approach the ‘chip-war’ in coming months.

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US-China strategic stability with Dr Nicola Leveringhaus
24 March 2025

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has brought the spectre of potential nuclear conflict back into the public consciousness for the first time in decades. But what’s behind the potential for nuclear conflict and what issues are at stake for nuclear powers other than the US and Russia, like China? To discuss these and other questions on the current state of global nuclear tensions and development, in March 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Nicola Leveringhaus of King’s College London.

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US-China relations under the new Trump administration with Professor Minxin Pei
24 February 2025 

To discuss US-China relations with the return of Donald Trump, in February 2025 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Minxin Pei, the Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. They also spoke about China’s surveillance state and the concept of preventative repression, and how China might respond to US escalation on trade.

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The Evolution of American Chip Controls on China with Dr Douglas Fuller
6 January 2025 

In December 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke Dr Douglas Fuller, Associate Professor in the Department of International Economics, Government and Business at Copenhagen Business School. They spoke about how the Chinese high-tech and semiconductor chip industry has evolved and the recent history and effectiveness of US chip controls towards China. They also discuss how the US has achieved a multilateral consensus for the implementation of chip controls, and whether these are likely to remain in place in the new administration of Donald Trump.

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China and technology export controls with Professor Michael Mastanduno and Dr Jennifer Lind
9 December 2024

In October 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Michael Mastanduno, Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, and Dr Jennifer Lind, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. They spoke about US export controls against China and about their history and effectiveness.

China’s evolving approach to economic security with Professor Yeling Tan
11 November 2024

In October 2024 the 杏吧论坛 Phelan US Centre spoke to Yeling Tan, Professor of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. They spoke about how China understands economic security and its evolving economic strategy, and how public attitudes in China towards international trade influence the country’s trade policy.

China Policy: The Limits of Transatlantic Convergence with Dr Mathieu Duchâtel
19 March 2024

In February 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Mathieu Duchâtel, Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies at Institut Montaigne about transatlantic convergence between the EU and the United States on China policy. They also discussed the fault lines between the EU and US on China policy, and how China has responded to these divergences, including on Taiwan policy.

The Future of US-China Competition with Dr Ashley Tellis
22 January 2024

In January 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Ashley Tellis, the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about how the US has engaged with China economically in recent decades. They discuss how the US’ strategy towards China has shifted across recent presidencies, the effectiveness of ‘friendshoring’ policies, and decoupling and de-risking relationships between China, the United States, and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. 

Why China Hawks are Wrong with Professor William Wohlforth
18 January 2024

In 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke to spoke to William C. Wohlforth, Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College, about the United States’ role as the world’s unipolar power. They also discuss the rise of China and what this means for the international role of the United States, and his upcoming book, with Jill Kastner, on great power subversion.

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The Rise and Fall of the EAST with Professor Yasheng Huang
2 June 2023

In March 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation professor of global economics and management at MIT’s Sloan School of Management about his new book, The Rise and Fall of the EAST, which will be published by Yale University Press in August 2023. They also discussed Chinese technological development over the last three decades, and the challenges China currently faces in developing and maintaining its talent and human capital to support innovation.

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Professor Yasheng Huang's latest book is  (Yale University Press, 2023)

How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise with Professor Susan Shirk
21 March 2023

In January 2023, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Susan Shirk, Research Professor and Chair of the 21st Century China Center at UC San Diego about her new book, Overreach: How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise. 

Professor Susan Shirk's' latest book is  (Oxford University Press, 2022)

Professor Jessica Chen Weiss on China and the International Order
21 February 2023

In November 2022, the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government at Cornell University, about China and the future of the international order. They also discussed President Biden’s approach to China, and the future of US-China relations.

Professor Jessica Chen Weiss' latest book is  (Oxford University Press, 2014)