WASHINGTON (April 21, 2025)- The Wall Street Journal reported a breakdown in U.S.-China relations heading towards a cold war. Experts predict that the current trade war on tariffs will progress “beyond trade—to deepening conflict or even military tension as both seek to form their own blocs.”
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U.S. China-Relations
Eric Schluessel, Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies and Associate Professor of History and International Affairs. Schluessel is an expert on China, Central Asia, and Xinjiang.
Robert (Bob) Sutter, Professor of Practice of International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs. Sutter is an expert on U.S.-China relations, China’s rise-domestic and international implications, Chinese foreign relations, Contemporary U.S. policy toward Asia and the Pacific, and political, security and economic development in Asia and the Pacific.
Professor Sutter can be viewed on video discussing some of what he sees as main concerns with US-China relations:
Robert Sutter on US China Relations and Potential Threats
Robert Sutter on the President's Role in US-China Relations
Robert Sutter on US China Relations Under Trump
Bruce Dickson, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the GW Elliott School of International Affairs. Dickson is an expert on U.S.-China relations, Chinese domestic politics, regimes and regime changes, and general comparative politics.
Legal
Donald Clarke, David Weaver Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School. Clarke is an expert in Chinese Law. He specializes in Comparative Law on Chinese criminal law, procedure to corporate governance, and legal issues presented by China’s economic reforms. In addition, Clarke founded Chinalaw, the leading Internet listserv on Chinese law.
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