MARITIME SILK ROAD: “Economic and Security Aspects of China’s Global Port Development”

Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 from 9-10 a.m. ET

Speakers: Wendy Leutert and  Isaac Kardon         
Hosts: Global Development Policy Center & Center for the Study of Asia

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About the speakers: 

Wendy Leutert is the GLP-Ming Z. Mei Chair of Chinese Economics and Trade. Her research focuses on Chinese political economy, specifically the historical evolution and global expansion of China’s state-owned enterprises. Other areas of her research include leadership in China’s public sector, China’s early reform and opening, corporate governance in state-owned enterprises, and international investment and trade. Her research is forthcoming or has been published in The China Quarterly, China Perspectives, and Asia Policy. Her commentary has been featured in media outlets including the Financial Times, New York Times, Reuters, Washington Post, and South China Morning Post.

Isaac B. Kardon (孔适海) is assistant professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department, China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI). He specializes in Chinese foreign policy, and writes on China’s maritime disputes, Indo-Pacific maritime security and commerce, and China-Pakistan relations. He teaches classes on Chinese foreign policy and is managing editor of the CMSI Red Book series. His book China’s Law of the Sea (Yale, forthcoming) analyzes China’s influence on “the rules” through its practice of the law of the sea. He is also studying Chinese firms’ overseas port projects, focusing on “strategic strongpoint” ports and their commercial and strategic drivers.