Two years into the Ukraine War Event February 6, 2024, 3:30-6:15 pm The Miller Center commemorates the 2nd anniversary of the Russian war in Ukraine in a special two-panel program with UVA experts in foreign policy, defense, and diplomacy. Two years into the Ukraine War: Where are we headed and what have we learned? Session One: Global Inflection Point? Experts reflect on how the war has changed international politics. What was foreseen, and what was not? What might the future hold? Session Two: Leadership Matters The leadership of three presidents—Joe Biden in the United States, Vladimir Putin in Russia, and Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine—has defined the trajectory of the war. What conclusions can we draw about presidential leadership and decision-making in the 21st century? How might a change of leadership in any of the three countries change the trajectory once again?
Taiwan’s Struggle to Internationalize Its Higher Education System News In the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats, Syaru Shirley Lin, Compton Visiting Professor at the Miller Center, and Harry Harding, founding dean of the Batten School and professor of public policy, discussed why Taiwan finds it difficult to send scholars abroad, welcome foreign students and faculty, and promote the use of English.
Are the U.S. and China Headed Toward a New Cold War? News For the latest edition of Batten Expert Chats, Harry Harding mapped the deteriorating relationship between two of the world’s greatest superpowers and offered his predictions for a Cold War “2.0.”
A View from the United States Research Since early June, Hong Kong has been experiencing one of the most serious political crises in its history, arguably the worst since the Maoist-inspired demonstrations against British colonial rule in 1967. The city has been wracked by near-continuous mass protests, some peaceful, some violent.
Batten Professor Harry Harding Sheds Light on Protests in Hong Kong News UVA Today spoke with Batten professor Harry Harding on Friday to learn more about what is happening in Hong Kong and what it means for China and the U.S.
Has U.S. China Policy Failed? Research The United States is immersed in its most intense China policy debate in decades, which will almost certainly get more heated and public in 2016. For a variety of reasons, reviewed here, dissatisfaction with China’s domestic and international evolution has become widespread as has pessimism about the future of U.S.–China relations, leading to a growing debate over three broad ways to revise U.S. policy.
The Halting Advance of Pluralism Research Reprinted in Andrew J. Nathan and Marc F. Plattner (eds.), Will China Democratize? (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013), pp. 44-50.
American Visions of the Future of U.S.-China Relations: Competition, Cooperation, and Conflict Research
How the Past Shapes the Present: Five Ways in Which History Affects China’s Contemporary Foreign Relations Research