The IWP China Series was founded in 2017 to promote discussion on China and the challenges this superpower presents to the United States and the rest of the world.
Upcoming Lectures
Maoist Revolutionary War Outside China
Tue, May 16, 2023
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Past Lectures
The Free World’s Response to a Sino-Taiwanese War
with LCDR Chris D. Glass, Lead Analyst for ONI Kennedy Maritime Analysis Center’s Fleet Operations Integration Division
Monday, April 3, 2023
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No Limits Partnership: The China-Russia Information Nexus
with Mr. Bret Schafer, Senior Fellow and Head of the Alliance for Securing Democracy’s Information Manipulation Team
Thursday, March 2, 2023
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U.S. Cold War Strategy against China
with Dr. John Lenczowski, IWP Founder, President Emeritus, and Chancellor
January 25, 2023
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Foreign Leaders Analysis: A Profile of Xi Jinping
with Dr. Enrico Suardi (’19), Chief of Psychiatry at St. Elizabeths Hospital
January 18, 2023
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How the PLA Applies Sunzi’s Art of War to Contemporary Warfare
with Mark Metcalf, Lecturer in Global Commerce at the McIntire School (UVA)
July 21, 2022
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The Trend Toward a Concentration of Power and China’s Hegemonic Goal
a webinar with Dr. Anders Corr, Founder of Corr Analytics Inc.
January 26, 2022
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A Space Vision To Guide America’s Strategic Competition with China
a webinar with Dr. Mir Sadat, Former policy director at the U.S. National Security Council
June 29, 2021
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How to Best Leverage U.S. Alliances and Partnerships against the PRC
a webinar with Hon. James Anderson, former Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
April 7, 2021
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Taiwan: China’s Most Important Target On The Way To Global Hegemony
a webinar with Rick Fisher, Senior Fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center
December 9, 2020
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Asia’s New Geopolitics: Essays on the Indo-Pacific
a webinar with Dr. Michael Auslin, Inaugural Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow in Contemporary Asia at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and is also a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute
December 1, 2020
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China-India Relations 2020-2030: Preparing for the Decade Ahead
a webinar with Dr. Jonathan D. T. Ward, Founder of Atlas Organization and Author of China’s Vision of Victory
July 8, 2020
Summary of the July 8, 2020 lecture
U.S.-China Relations Post-Coronavirus
a webinar with Dr. Robert S. Spalding III, Brig Gen, USAF (ret), Former Senior Director for Strategy to the President at the National Security Council, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, Senior Associate Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society of London, Military Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Author of Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept
June 5, 2020
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China’s Influence in South Korea: Belt and Road and More
a webinar with Dr. Tara O., Founder of East Asia Research Center
May 26, 2020
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Taiwan’s Cybersecurity Environment versus China’s Cyber Strategy
a webinar with Dr. Ji-Jen (Joseph) Hwang, Research Scholar at the Institute for East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley, Former Professor & Program Director of the International Master Program in Strategic Studies at the National Defense University in R.O.C. Taiwan, Visiting fellow with the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, Deputy Managing Director for a think tank based non-profit in the Washington D.C. area
May 20, 2020
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The Role of Nuclear Weapons in China’s Strategy
a webinar with Mr. Peter Huessy, Director of Strategic Deterrent Studies at the Mitchell Institute on Aerospace Studies
May 13, 2020
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The Virus and the China Threat
a webinar with Dr. John Lenczowski, Founder and President of The Institute of World Politics, Former official at the State Department in the Bureau of European Affairs and as Special Advisor to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs Lawrence Eagleburger, Former Director of European and Soviet Affairs at the National Security Council
April 15, 2020
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China’s Vision of Victory
with Dr. Jonathan D. T. Ward, Founder of Atlas Organization, Member of the 2018 Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship program at the Center for a New American Security, Research Associate at the University of Oxford’s Changing Character of War Programme, Author of China’s Vision of Victory
January 22, 2020
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How Nation States Attack High Value Assets
with Eric Fulton, Founder of a local Internet Service Provider in Montana, Founder of a global banking network with a strong presence in Asia
November 22, 2019
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Leadership . . . with Chinese Characteristics
with William McCahill, Senior Resident Fellow at The National Bureau of Asian Research, Former Senior Advisor for China at Mirabaud & Cie., Former Senior Advisor for Religare Capital Markets, Former co-founder as well as managing a China-focused equities and macro research firm, opened the Beijing office of a major American law firm, and operated a business consultancy in China, Former Chargé d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing
November 12, 2019
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What Thucydides Can Teach Us About Hong Kong and China: a Critical Response
with Professor Bernard J. Dobski, Associate Professor of Political Science at Assumption College, Former Visiting Scholar for 2019-2020 at the Heritage Foundation
November 6, 2019
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Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept
a webinar with Dr. Robert S. Spalding III, Brig Gen, USAF (ret), Former Senior Director for Strategy to the President at the National Security Council, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, Senior Associate Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society of London, Military Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Author of Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept
November 5, 2019
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China: The New Cold War
with Prof. John Sano, Former Deputy Director, National Clandestine Service, Central Intelligence Agency, Serves on the Board of Directors of Garda Federal Services, Professor of Intelligence at The Institute of World Politics, Lecturer on national security and intelligence issues at Johns Hopkins University, Lecturer at the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University
August 3, 2019
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AI Initiatives: U.S. and Chinese Strategies
with Fritz Barth, IWP Class of 2006, Supports the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence in the management of defense intelligence priorities, Supports the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Former Marine Corps intelligence officer, Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)
July 24, 2019
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Chinese Influence Operations Against Taiwan and Beyond
with Mr. J. Michael Cole, Senior Fellow at The Global Taiwan Institute
June 14, 2019
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Chinese Espionage and U.S. Security
with Nicholas Eftimiades, Professor at Penn State University
March 13, 2019
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China: Kidnapped by the Communist Party
with Chen Guangcheng, Author of The Barefoot Lawyer: A Blind Man’s Fight for Justice and Freedom in China, Established a not-for-profit foundation to further human rights in China, Visiting Fellow at the Catholic University of America, Distinguished Senior Fellow in Human Rights at the Witherspoon Institute, Senior Distinguished Advisor to the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice
March 11, 2019
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By More Than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia Pacific Since 1783
with Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
January 24, 2019
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China’s Military and Geopolitical Rise and its Challenge to the U.S.
with Larry M. Wortzel, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commissioner
December 5, 2018
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China Builds for Global Power Projection
with Rick Fisher, Senior Fellow on Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center
October 22, 2018
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Superpower China: The “Great Game Changer”
with John Tkacik, Former Chief of China Analysis in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)
October 9, 2018
America’s Generational Challenge: China
with Roy D. Kamphausen, Senior Vice President for Research, The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
July 18, 2018
Who’s Afraid of China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
Getting to the Heart of China’s Controversial Marshall Plan
with Dr. Christopher D. Yung, Marine Corps University’s Donald Bren Chair of Non-Western Strategic Thought and Director of East Asian Studies
June 5, 2018
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The Rise of Chinese Seapower: Fear, Honor, and Interest
with Toshi Yoshihara, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
January 18, 2018
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