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The East-West Center in Washington invites you to an
Indo-Pacific Foreign Policy and Defense Series seminar:
A Book Talk with Brantly Womack on “Recentering Pacific Asia: Regional China and World Order”
A Conversation With:
Brantly Womack
Senior Faculty Fellow at the Miller Center and Professor of Foreign Affairs
University of Virginia
Amb. (ret.) Chas Freeman
Chair
Projects International, Inc.
Zoe Weaver-Lee (Moderator)
Programs Coordinator
East-West Center in Washington
The Pacific Rim of Asia–Pacific Asia–is now the world's largest and most cohesive economic region, and China has returned to its center. China's global outlook is shaped by its regional experience, first as a pre-modern Asian center, then displaced by Western-oriented modernization, and now returning as a central producer and market in a globalized region. Developments since 2008 have been so rapid that future directions are uncertain, but China's presence, population, and production guarantee it a key role. As a global competitor, China has awakened American anxieties and the US-China rivalry has become a major concern for the rest of the world. However, rather than facing a power transition between hegemons, the United States and China are primary nodes in a multi-layered, interconnected global matrix that neither can control. Brantly Womack argues that Pacific Asia is now the key venue for working out a new world order, and four of Asia’s foremost scholars provide commentary.
In-Person Seminar Protocols
The program will follow the latest guidance concerning COVID-19 protocols in Washington, DC. Masks are optional and proof of vaccination will not be required for entry.
This seminar is free and open to the public. This seminar will be on-the-record and recorded, but livestreamed.
A Conversation With:
Brantly Womack is Senior Faculty Fellow at the Miller Center and Professor of Foreign Affairs emeritus at the University of Virginia. From February to April 2023, he taught in Beijing as the Boeing Visiting Faculty Chair in International Relations of Schwarzman College, in Tsinghua University. His book, Recentering Pacific Asia: Regional China and World Order, was published by Cambridge University Press in August 2023. Previous books include Asymmetry and International Relationships (Cambridge 2016), China Among Unequals: Asymmetric International Relationships in Asia (World Scientific Press 2010), and China and Vietnam: The Politics of Asymmetry (Cambridge 2006). He co-edited with Yuk Wah Chan Borderlands in East and Southeast Asia (Routledge 2017), with Hao Yufan Rethinking the Triangle: Washington, Beijing, Taipei (University of Macau Press and World Scientific Press, 2016), edited China’s Rise in Historical Perspective (Rowman and Littlefield 2010) and Contemporary Chinese Politics in Historical Perspective (Cambridge 1991).
Chas Freeman chairs Projects International, Inc. Ambassador Freeman is a career diplomat (retired) who was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1993-94, earning the highest public service awards of the Department of Defense for his roles in designing a NATO-centered post-Cold War European security system and in reestablishing defense and military relations with China. He served as US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, and worked as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires in the American embassies at both Bangkok (1984-1986) and Beijing (1981-1984).
Zoe Weaver-Lee is a Programs Coordinator at the East-West Center in Washington, where she heads the program's communications efforts and seminars. She previously served as a Program Associate at the Global Taiwan Institute, prior to which she studied Mandarin in Taiwan as part of the Huayu Enrichment Scholarship. She graduated from Stetson University in 2019 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Global Development and minors in Political Science and Asian Studies.
The East-West Center in Washington, a program of the East-West Center, advances US-Indo-Pacific relations by creating innovative content, publications, exchanges, and outreach activities. The views expressed by this event's participants do not necessarily reflect the views of the East-West Center.
The East-West Center in Washington invites you to an
Indo-Pacific Foreign Policy and Defense Series seminar:
A Book Talk with Brantly Womack on “Recentering Pacific Asia: Regional China and World Order”
A Conversation With:
Brantly Womack
Senior Faculty Fellow at the Miller Center and Professor of Foreign Affairs
University of Virginia
Amb. (ret.) Chas Freeman
Chair
Projects International, Inc.
Zoe Weaver-Lee (Moderator)
Programs Coordinator
East-West Center in Washington
The Pacific Rim of Asia–Pacific Asia–is now the world's largest and most cohesive economic region, and China has returned to its center. China's global outlook is shaped by its regional experience, first as a pre-modern Asian center, then displaced by Western-oriented modernization, and now returning as a central producer and market in a globalized region. Developments since 2008 have been so rapid that future directions are uncertain, but China's presence, population, and production guarantee it a key role. As a global competitor, China has awakened American anxieties and the US-China rivalry has become a major concern for the rest of the world. However, rather than facing a power transition between hegemons, the United States and China are primary nodes in a multi-layered, interconnected global matrix that neither can control. Brantly Womack argues that Pacific Asia is now the key venue for working out a new world order, and four of Asia’s foremost scholars provide commentary.
In-Person Seminar Protocols
The program will follow the latest guidance concerning COVID-19 protocols in Washington, DC. Masks are optional and proof of vaccination will not be required for entry.
This seminar is free and open to the public. This seminar will be on-the-record and recorded, but livestreamed.
A Conversation With:
Brantly Womack is Senior Faculty Fellow at the Miller Center and Professor of Foreign Affairs emeritus at the University of Virginia. From February to April 2023, he taught in Beijing as the Boeing Visiting Faculty Chair in International Relations of Schwarzman College, in Tsinghua University. His book, Recentering Pacific Asia: Regional China and World Order, was published by Cambridge University Press in August 2023. Previous books include Asymmetry and International Relationships (Cambridge 2016), China Among Unequals: Asymmetric International Relationships in Asia (World Scientific Press 2010), and China and Vietnam: The Politics of Asymmetry (Cambridge 2006). He co-edited with Yuk Wah Chan Borderlands in East and Southeast Asia (Routledge 2017), with Hao Yufan Rethinking the Triangle: Washington, Beijing, Taipei (University of Macau Press and World Scientific Press, 2016), edited China’s Rise in Historical Perspective (Rowman and Littlefield 2010) and Contemporary Chinese Politics in Historical Perspective (Cambridge 1991).
Chas Freeman chairs Projects International, Inc. Ambassador Freeman is a career diplomat (retired) who was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1993-94, earning the highest public service awards of the Department of Defense for his roles in designing a NATO-centered post-Cold War European security system and in reestablishing defense and military relations with China. He served as US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, and worked as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires in the American embassies at both Bangkok (1984-1986) and Beijing (1981-1984).
Zoe Weaver-Lee is a Programs Coordinator at the East-West Center in Washington, where she heads the program's communications efforts and seminars. She previously served as a Program Associate at the Global Taiwan Institute, prior to which she studied Mandarin in Taiwan as part of the Huayu Enrichment Scholarship. She graduated from Stetson University in 2019 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Global Development and minors in Political Science and Asian Studies.
The East-West Center in Washington, a program of the East-West Center, advances US-Indo-Pacific relations by creating innovative content, publications, exchanges, and outreach activities. The views expressed by this event's participants do not necessarily reflect the views of the East-West Center.
