U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast

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The Georgetown University Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues is pleased to announce an exciting new podcast series that captures the profound and candid reflections of ambassadors, cabinet secretaries, and senior officials whose actions have shaped and are shaping the course of ties…

Georgetown University Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues


    • Oct 5, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 55m AVG DURATION
    • 29 EPISODES


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    Introducing Season Two: Taking Stock of a Global China

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 3:20


    This season of the U.S.-China Nexus looks at China's expanding global footprint and the country's outlook vis-à-vis different parts of the world.

    Introducing the U.S.-China Nexus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 5:04


    The U.S.-China Nexus podcast features conversations with a scholar or policy expert on dynamics in China and Sino-American relations. This is an excerpt from our first episode.

    Yang Guohua

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 40:09


    Former Chinese Commerce Ministry official Yang Guohua talks with host James Green about intellectual property rights protections in China and as a point of friction in trade negotiations with the United States.

    Gao Xiqing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 47:59


    Former China Investment Corporation president and securities regulator Gao Xiqing talks with host James Green about his journey from railroad construction worker to Duke Law School to Hong Kong and beyond.

    Zhou Wenzhong

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 35:19


    Zhou Wenzhong, former Chinese ambassador to the United States and former vice minister of foreign affairs, explains Beijing's positions on establishing and maintaining U.S.-China relations over four decades.

    Robert Zoellick

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 65:29


    Former United States trade representative and deputy secretary of state Robert Zoellick tells U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green about overseeing China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001 and coining the phrase "responsible stakeholder."

    Paul Haenle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 57:42


    Former U.S. Army officer and National Security Council director Paul Haenle addresses North Korea's nuclear program in the Six Party Talks and China's military modernization with host James Green.

    Ira Kasoff

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 57:15


    Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Ira Kasoff talks with host James Green about changes in China over the last four decades, commercial diplomacy, and comparisons between the Japanese economy of the 1980s and China today.

    Robert Suettinger

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 60:00


    Former senior intelligence analyst and National Security Council staffer Bob Suettinger discusses Taiwan, human rights, leadership struggles, and the role of the intelligence community with U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green.

    Madeleine Albright

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 49:47


    Madeleine Albright tells U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green about her decades working on China, including how building a working relationship at the UN with her Chinese counterpart was key to diffusing tensions when in 1999 U.S. missiles mistakenly hit the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.

    Dennis Wilder

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 80:01


    Dennis Wilder explains to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green watching the growth of the People's Liberation Army, analyzing Beijing policies from Hong Kong to Taiwan for the CIA, and handling presidential visits as the senior director for East Asia under President George W. Bush.

    David Shear

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 51:49


    Ambassador David Shear explains to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green the U.S. military's response to Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea, and his diplomatic career handling China.

    Charlene Barshefsky

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 54:58


    Former USTR Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky explains the WTO negotiation history to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green as well as when China moved off the liberalization and reform track in 2006 and 2007.

    Joseph DeTrani

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 49:59


    Former senior CIA officer Joe DeTrani talks with host James Green about Chinese diplomacy in the six party talks and negotiating with North Korea on its dangerous nuclear weapons program.

    Jim Keith

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2019 88:54


    Ambassador Jim Keith discusses with U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green the inherent contradictions of Hong Kong as a separate territory, the importance of human rights in U.S. policy, and why China's place in the world remains unresolved.

    Charles Freeman III

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 43:50


    Charles Freeman III explains to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green challenges within the Chinese system that drove trade negotiations during his time as assistant United States trade representative (USTR) for China in the early 2000s.

    Winston Lord

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 80:10


    Ambassador Winston Lord explains to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green his unique experience negotiating with China: from secret negotiations in the 1970s to the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown to the link between trade and human rights in the 1990s.

    Richard Bush

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 67:32


    Richard Bush talks to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green about the democratization process on Taiwan, the high-profile murder of a Taiwanese dissident on U.S. soil, and the effect on U.S. policy towards the People's Republic of China.

    Gary Locke

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2019 61:50


    Governor Gary Locke explains to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green about dealing with Chinese officials high and low on pollution, market barriers, and human dignity as commerce secretary, then as U.S. ambassador.

    Roy Kamphausen

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019 54:00


    Retired Lt. Col. Roy Kamphausen explains to host James Green how the U.S. military has interacted with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army over the last three decades, including the accidental 1999 bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.

    Todd Stern

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2019 65:04


    Climate Special Envoy Todd Stern explains to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green how an initially reluctant Chinese leadership began to engage the United States and change policies to limit emissions and pervasive pollution.

    Susan Shirk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2019 56:57


    Professor Susan Shirk talks with U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green about her breakthrough meeting with Premier Zhou Enlai in 1971, her participation in President Jiang Zemin’s 1997 U.S. visit, and all the history in between and since.

    Robert Einhorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2019 59:21


    Arms control expert Bob Einhorn explains to host James Green how over the course of the 1990s, Chinese policies shifted to control dangerous technologies that threatened regional peace and stability.

    Jeffrey Bader: Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 66:13


    Longtime U.S. official Jeffrey Bader discusses with host James Green the real benefits to the United States of China's 2001 WTO accession, the strategy behind President Barack Obama's Asia policy, and how public messaging is critical to handling presidential summitry.

    Jeffrey Bader: Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2019 58:50


    Jeffrey Bader explains to host James Green key events with China from the 1980s-1990s: the 1982 Communiqué under President Ronald Reagan, the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, curbing Chinese nonproliferation behavior, the 1995-1996 Taiwan missile crisis, and President Bill Clinton's 1998 visit to China.

    Doug Paal

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2019 55:54


    Doug Paal discusses his experience as the senior director handling East Asia in the White House in the run-up to, during, and after the June 4, 1989 Tiananman Square massacre.

    Wendy Cutler

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 53:11


    Former acting Deputy United States Trade Representative (USTR) Wendy Cutler explains how the United States handled trade enforcement after China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.

    Joseph Prueher

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2019 87:12


    Former United States Ambassador to China and retired Admiral Joseph Prueher discusses U.S.-China military ties and the 2001 collision of military aircraft that nearly brought the two countries to conflict.

    Susan Thornton

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2019 62:36


    Susan Thornton is interviewed for the U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast. Thornton addresses Chinese cyber hacking, setting up the summit between the U.S. and Chinese presidents in Florida, and how career officials handle political transitions.

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