National Defense University’s Joel Wuthnow will be discussion guest as seven-week event continues
The threat of an invasion by China looms over Taiwan. As the United Kingdom’s news magazine The Guardian reported last week, Taiwan faces an irreconcilable conundrum. Its government wants to continue operating independently without threat of a Chinese invasion. But China and its Communist party have long considered Taiwan part of China even depicting as such on a 2021 map and may use force to crush that independence.
The 2021 Peace and War Virtual Summit’s session Wednesday will focus on the simmering China-Taiwan relationship. The National Defense University’s Joel Wuthnow will join moderator David Ulbrich, program director and associate professor in Norwich University’s Master of Arts in History and in Military History programs, in a discussion marking the summit’s third week.
Peace and War Summit focus turns to infrastructure, military rivalry
Pair of Wednesday sessions will delve deeper into U.S.-China relationship
Discussions on China’s multibillion-dollar, multifaceted Belt and Road Initiative and the United States-China military rivalry lead the 2021 Peace and War Virtual Summit into its second week.
The summit, presented by Norwich University’s John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center, will hold a pair of sessions Wednesday.
In the first session, from 10 to 11 a.m., the Naval War College’s Lyle Goldstein and Endicott College’s Vitaly Kozyrev will discuss the military cooperation and rivalry between the United States and China.
Former Defense Security Cooperation Agency leader’s keynote will open 2021 Peace and War Virtual Summit
Retired U.S. Army lieutenant general will discuss U.S.-China relations
China’s rivalry with the United States military, security, economic, cyber and technological will take center stage as the 2021 Peace and War Virtual Summit starts Wednesday.
The seven-week summit, presented by Norwich University’s John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center, includes virtual lectures and discussions by guest speakers and Norwich faculty. Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Charles W. Hooper, a renowned U.S.-China relations expert, will deliver the summit-starting keynote address.
By NU Office of Communications February 17, 2021
NORTHFIELD, Vt. Norwich University’s John and Mary Frances Patton Peace & War Center will host the second Peace and War Summit, which will address the escalating U.S.-China rivalry in 11 virtual sessions held over seven weeks from March 3 to April 21.
The summit will highlight military/security, economic, cyber and technological challenges and follows Norwich’s tradition of hosting leading scholars and policy experts to examine significant international issues, recommend solutions and educate future leaders through student participation.
The summit’s live virtual presentations, which are free and open to the public, will run on Wednesdays for seven weeks. For more information and registration, please visit here.