Members and Guests must pre-register.
Unfortunately, we cannot take walk-ins.
Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 11:45 am
China's Climb to Power --
How Did They Do It?
with Oriana Skylar Mastro
Oriana's sponsor is
Mike Morrison, WACSC Board of Directors
About the Program
Thirty years ago, the idea that China could challenge the United States economically, globally, and militarily seemed unfathomable. Yet today, China is considered another great power in the international scene. How did this 4,000-year-old, mostly agrarian nation manage to build such power in a world that was dominated by the U.S., and where Russia was determined to become a close second? What factors generated the strategies Beijing pursued to achieve this feat?
With China’s Climb to Power, Oriana Skylar Mastro will lift the curtain on how a careful mix of international strategic emulation, exploitation, and entrepreneurship enabled China to rise so dramatically on a global scale. In short, we’ll understand how China came to exploit geopolitical opportunities around the world that other powers ignored.
Register HERE
Members and Guests must pre-register for this event.
Unfortunately we cannot accommodate walk-ins.
March 27 cut-off date
| Date: |
Thursday, April 3, 2025 |
| Time: |
11:45 am (Note Earlier Start Time) |
| Venue: |
Santa Rosa Country Club
333 Country Club Drive
Santa Rosa, CA 95401 |
| Menu: |
Meat and Vegetarian Options Available on the Buffet Table.
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| Cost: |
$45 for Members
Bring up to 2 guests at the member price.
$60 for Non-Members |
| Health Note: |
We suggest that everyone
be vaccinated and wear a mask. |
About Our Speaker
Oriana Skylar Mastro is a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Courtesy Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Her research focuses on Chinese military and security policy, Asia-Pacific security issues, war termination, and coercive diplomacy. She also serves in the United States Air Force Reserve where she works as a strategic planner at Indo-Pacific Command.
Oriana has published widely, including in Foreign Affairs, International Security, Security Studies, The Economist, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Journal of Strategic Studies, and The Washington Quarterly. Her book, The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime, (Cornell University Press, 2019), won the 2020 American Political Science Association International Security Section Best Book by an Untenured Faculty Member. She holds a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University.
Oriana will welcome questions after her talk. Be sure to register for this lively, eye-opening and informative program.
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