Edina Great Decisions: U.S.-China Relations

This free event is being held in-person and is open to everyone. 

Washington’s relations with Beijing have been strained in recent years as both American political parties identify China as the country’s preeminent geopolitical challenger. What is driving this deterioration of Sino-American relations, and what are America’s strategic options in the face of Chinese power and ambition?

This program is presented by Edina Community Ed through a partnership with the Edina Senior Center, the Edina Library, the Edina Community Center, and Global Minnesota.

The Great Decisions program addresses some of the most timely foreign policy issues facing the United States each year. Global Minnesota facilitates discussion groups across the state, providing access to a roster of local foreign policy experts and offering Great Decisions books produced by the Foreign Policy Association.

Richard Leitch, presenter

Dr. Richard Leitch earned a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Colby College in 1985, and an M.A. in Asian Studies from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He then received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Illinois in 1995 and now teaches International Relations, Comparative Politics, Asian Politics, Environmental Politics, and the Politics of Poverty at Gustavus Adolphus College. His research interests include Japanese domestic politics and foreign policy, and he is the co-author of Japan’s Role in the Post-Cold War World.

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