On July 1, 2024, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future welcomed a delegation of academics, researchers, and policymakers from Spain for a conversation about China and its activities in the Indo-Pacific with Amb. Jorge Heine, Pardee Center Interim Director. The delegation was invited to the United States under the […]
On September 21, 2023, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Center for the Study of Asia, and the Kilachand Honors College co-hosted a conference titled “Clandestine Operations Against China during the Early Cold War.” This conference was, in part, an effort to honor the service and sacrifice of […]
On November 12, 2021, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Center for the Study of Asia co-hosted a webinar titled “The Russia-China Quasi-Alliance and the Polar Silk Road.” The event featured a presentation by Lyle J. Goldstein (Research Professor, China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI), Naval War College), […]
On November 2, 2021, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a virtual book talk by Peter Martin, Defense Policy & Intelligence Reporter for Bloomberg News and author of the new book, China’s Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy (Oxford University Press 2021). In the book, Martin […]
What is China up to in Latin America? While China certainly pursues its own national interest in venturing into the Americas, is this interest compatible with that of Latin American countries, or are they at odds? In this Working Paper from the Rising Powers Initiative (RPI), Amb. Jorge Heine argues that China’s Belt and Road […]
A country’s “soft power” rests primarily on three resources: its culture, its political values, and its foreign policies, but it cannot exist on its own. A discussion of China’s or Russia’s soft power in the Western Balkans is inseparable from discussions of their economic or military strength. In this Working Paper from the Rising Powers […]
On February 26, 2021, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted the launch event for the Rising Powers Initiative (RPI), a new Pardee Center research program. The event, titled “The Rise of China: Theory, Practice & Implications for the Biden Administration,” featured Aaron Friedberg (Princeton University), Stacie Goddard (Wellesley […]
On February 19, 2021, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Center for the Study of Asia co-hosted a webinar titled “US-China Strategic Competition and the BRI,” featuring Prof. Min Ye and Prof. Joshua Shifrinson. The webinar was part of a virtual conference series presented by the Pardee […]
Heidi Peltier, a Research Professor at the BU Department of Political Science and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow, authored an article for The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft exploring the environmental costs of recently proposed increases in military spending to “enhance U.S. deterrence of China.” In the article, Prof. Peltier reflects on the financial […]
Min Ye, an Associate Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently gave a talk exploring the origins, motivations, and implementation of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and examined the various impacts of COVID-19 on the […]