US-China Great Power Competition: a new cold war?

The nature of great power competition in the 21st century will shape the world. Are we in a new cold war between the US and China?

There has been much debate as to whether we are in a new cold war between the US and China. The answer to this question has huge implications for not only policymakers but society as a whole. Indeed, the exact nature of US-China competition will determine the path of the two great powers across the 21st century. This panel will seek to define what we actually mean by a cold war, whether we actually find ourselves in the foothills of one, and what the answers to these questions imply.

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Event recorded on 28 October 2020.

Christopher Coker is Director of LSE IDEAS. He was Professor of International Relations at LSE, retiring in 2019.

Jacob Helberg is a senior advisor at the Stanford University Cyber Policy Center and an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he is writing a forthcoming book on U.S. foreign policy and national security, technology policy, and China. He is Co-Chair of the Brookings Institution China Strategy Working Group.

Oriana Skylar Mastro a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.

Odd Arne Westad is the 2020/21 Engelsberg Chair at LSE IDEAS and is a Founding Director of LSE IDEAS. He is a scholar of modern international and global history, with a specialization in the history of eastern Asia since the 18th century.

Michael Cox is a Founding Director of LSE IDEAS and an Emeritus Professor in International Relations at LSE.