As the post-World War II order adjusts to a rising China, America’s predominance in the Asia-Pacific faces new challenges. Over the past five years, China has substantially built up its navy and demonstrated more assertive behavior toward its territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Robert Ross is a political science professor at Boston College and an associate at the John King Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University in 1984. He has testified before various Senate and House committees and the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee. He advises U.S. government agencies, and he serves on the Academic Advisory Group, U.S.-China Working Group, United States Congress. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Committee for U.S.-China Relations.
Ma Tianjie runs Chublic Opinion, a popular Chinese public opinion blog. He was an English major at Peking University and later earned his Master’s degree in environmental policy from American University. Ma has been involved in environmental advocacy in China for over a decade.
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