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China's Rise and the U.S.: A Discussion with Harvard’s Graham Allison

Could China and the U.S. be headed towards war, or is there a way to avoid it? Graham Allison, former assistant secretary of defense, argues that if both the U.S. and China refuse to back down, a trade conflict, cyberattack or accident at sea could escalate into war.

Join us for a conversation with Graham Allison about how Thucydides’ Trap, the inevitable contention between a rising power and an established one, is still relevant today.

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In association with the Committee of 100

Copyright and photo by Martha Stewart

June 7, 2017

The Commonwealth Club
555 Post St.
San Francisco, 94102
United States

Speakers
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Dr. Graham Allison

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense; Director, Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Author, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap

In Conversation with the Honorable Ellen Tauscher

Former Representative, California’s 10th Congressional District; Former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors