US-China Strategic Competition in Asia: How far will it go?

Sir Howard Kippenberger Visiting Chair in Strategic Studies Dr Michael Green talked about the US-China long-term strategic competition and three main questions.

Tuesday 30 April 2024

The United States and China have entered what both sides agree will be long-term strategic competition. What drove things to this point and do Washington and Beijing have guardrails in place to prevent conflict? If it is a “competition” then what would victory look like for either side? And what space is there for U.S. allies and partners, including New Zealand, to shape the dynamics going forward?

Dr Michael (Mike) Green is professor and chief executive officer at the United States Studies Centre. Previously Professor Green was Senior Vice President for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and is on leave from Georgetown University where he was Director of Asian Studies and Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Professor Green has authored numerous books and articles on Indo-Pacific security, including most recently Line of Advantage: Japan’s Grand Strategy in the Era of Abe Shinzō (Columbia University Press, 2022), recommended by Foreign Affairs as one of the top three books on Asia for that year, and By More Than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia Pacific Since 1783 (Columbia University Press, 2017), which won the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Silver Medal for best book in international affairs.